10. He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of

officers, to harass our people and eat out their substance.

11. He has kept among us in times of peace, standing armies, without the

consent of our Legislatures.

12. He has affected to render the military independent of, and superior

to, the civil power.

13. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign

to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent

to their acts of pretended legislation;

14. For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us;