"in every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms; our repeated petitions have been answered by repeated injury."

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1776Founding Fathers of the United States of AmericaHistorical documentsUnited Kingdom–United States relations
Original Language: English

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Thomas Jefferson, "'Original Rough Draught' of the Declaration of Independence" (June 1776), p. 3; in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (1950) edited by Julian P. Boyd, Vol. 1, p. 423