At the time of the signing the US consisted of 13 colonies under the rule of England's King George III. ... As the unrest grew in the colonies, King George sent extra troops to help control any rebellion. ... It is said that John Hancock signed his name "with a great flourish" so "King George can read that without spectacles!." ... But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future secur...

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He warned the new king Charles II that his usage owas for the most part destructive to his citizens at home and with his characteristic outspoken manner, frequently spoke up for the freedoms and rights of the lower classes. ... Similarly to General George Washington, General Lee was once a general in the Seven Years War, yet, by circumstance, was drawn to the colonies to reside. ...

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