Times are desperate these days, and desperate measures must be taken. Fellow colonists, mother England has given a plethora of reasons for us to become independent. You might have felt the impact of her decisions on your treasury, or rights, or your essential goods. The soldiers at your house might be listening to every word you utter, or scrutinizing every move you make. It is almost as though England wants us to revolt, that she wants us to become independent, and so would give us more reasons to. "...But when a long train of abuses and usurpations...evinces a design to reduce them under…
