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Transcript of Declaration of Independence (Rough Draft)

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A Declaration by the Representatives
of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in
General Congress assembled.

WHEN in the Course of human Events it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth the separate & equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.

WE hold these Truths to be self-evident: that all Men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with inherent and* [certain] inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it's foundation on such principles, & organizing it's powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness. Prudence indeed will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light & transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses & usurpations begun at a distinguished period andpursuing 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, & to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; & such is now the necessity which constrains them to expunge[alter] their former systems of government. The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of unremitting [repeated] injuries & usurpations, among which appears no solitary fact to contradict the uniform tenor of the rest but all have [all having]in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this let facts be submitted to a candid world for the truth of which we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood.

HE has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome & necessary for the public good.

HE has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate & pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; & when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

HE has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them, & formidable to tyrants only.

HE has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

HE has dissolved representative houses repeatedly & continually for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

HE has refused for a long time after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected, whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise, the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without & convulsions within.

HE has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners, refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, & raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.

HE has suffered[obstructed] the administration of justice totally to cease in some of these states [by] refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.

HE has made our judges dependant on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, & the amount & paiment of their salaries.

HE has erected a multitude of new offices by a self assumed power and sent hither swarms of new officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

HE has kept among us in times of peace standing armies and ships of warwithout the consent of our legislatures.

HE has affected to render the military independent of, & superior to the civil power.

HE has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions & unacknowledged by our laws, giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:

FOR quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

FOR protecting them by a mock-trial from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states

FOR cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:

FOR imposing taxes on us without our consent:

FOR depriving us [in many cases] of the benefits of trial by jury

FOR transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences:

FOR abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging it's boundaries, so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these states [colonies]:

FOR taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:

FOR suspending our own legislatures, & declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in allcases whatsoever.

He has abdicated government here withdrawing his governors, and declaring us out of his allegiance & protection. [by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.]

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, & destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation & tyranny already begun with circumstanccs of cruelty and perfidy [scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, & totally] unworthy the head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends & brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.

He has [excited domestic insurection among us, & has] endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, & conditions of existence.

He has incited treasonable insurrections of our fellow-citizens, with the allurements of forfeiture & confiscation of our property.

He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobium of INFIDEL Powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought & sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce. And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them: thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another.

In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injuries.

A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a [free] people who mean to be free. Future ages will scarcely believe that the hardiness of one man adventured, within the short compass of twelve years only, to lay a foundation so broad & so undisguised for tyranny over a people fostered & fixed in principles of freedom.

Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend a [an unwarrantable] jurisdiction over these our states [us]. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration & settlement here, no one of which could warrant so strange a pretension: that these were effected at the expense of our own blood & treasure, unassisted by the wealth or the strength of Great Britain: that in constituting indeed our several forms of government, we had adopted one common king, thereby laying a foundation for perpetual league & amity with them: but that submission to their parliament was no part of our constitution, nor ever in idea, if history may be credited: and, we [have] appealed to their native justice and magnanimity [and we have conjured them by] as well as to the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations which were likely to [would inevitably] interrupt our connection and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice & of consanguinity, and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have, by their free election, re-established them in power. At this very time too they are permitting their chief magistrate to send over not only soldiers of our common blood, but Scotch & foreign mercenaries to invade & destroy us. These facts have given the last stab to agonizing affection, and manly spirit bids us to renounce forever these unfeeling brethren. We must endeavor to forget our former love for them, and hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. We might have been a free and a great people together; but a communication of grandeur & of freedom it seems is below their dignity. Be it so, since they will have it. The road to happiness & to glory is open to us too. We will tread it apart from them, and [We must therefore] acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our eternal separation! [and hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.]

We therefore the representatives of the united States of America in General Congress assebled [appealing to the Judge of the World for the recititude of our intentions] do in the name & by authority of the good people of these states[colonies] reject and renounce all allegiance & subjections to the kings of Great Britain & all others who may hereafter claim by, through or under them: we utterly disolve all political connection which may heretofore have subsisted between us & the people or parliment of Great Britain: and finally we do assert and declare these colonies to be free and independent states,[solemly Publish and Declare that these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent States; that they are dissolved from allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political Connection between them and the State of Great-Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved;] and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract allies, establish commerce, & do all other acts & things which independent states may of right do.

And for the support of this declaration, [with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence] we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, & our sacred honor.

Source: Boyd, J.P. et al, editors. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950. Volume I page 426.

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balance to many aspects of the game. We're aware of some critical bugs and much smaller issues and want to get these resolved as soon as possible. The list below is not a full bug list, but primary issues that have been reported that our team is working to resolve. I am not able to promise or provide specific details on when they will be addressed, but the team is looking into these reports and many more.

If new items crop up we will add to this list and as items are resolved we will remove them from this list.

Master of The Force Star Card: Doesn’t do the extra 50 damage to a Heavy - http://bit.ly/2D5rtvR

Missing Credits: In some instances, duplicate Star Cards do not give credits - http://bit.ly/2FqWEA1

Players reporting Error 327 - http://bit.ly/2zBT0CT / http://bit.ly/2zCqtx4

Invisible asteroid that players crash into (footage incl.) - http://bit.ly/2BtMxfl

Darth Vader being stuck in animation, unable to attack - http://bit.ly/2DpheQk

Heroes falling off the side of map in Kashyyyk - http://bit.ly/2Bi1YDg

Yoda's Presence not working as intended - http://bit.ly/2DpD8TY

If Han is active in Galactic Assault Lando is not selectable - http://bit.ly/2muBvfQ

Speeder bike glitch oddities - http://bit.ly/2my9dAZ

Hijacked AT-AT is not functioning correctly with Orbital Strikes - http://bit.ly/2Dx67W6

Hero emotes not triggering across most characters - http://bit.ly/2B1Zloo

Darth Vader Choke allows players to still run while being choked - http://bit.ly/2B3fc5Z

Sometimes Palpatine doesn't properly do damage to other Heroes - http://bit.ly/2D7QNxU

Sound stop working during matches - http://bit.ly/2DfPQrK

Graphical artifacting, corruption and ghosting with AMD 17.12.x drivers - http://bit.ly/2r9VdD2

Daily crate doesn't show when logging in for first time. Needs relog. - http://bit.ly/2Dfp3Lh

Finn Deadeye reticle does not go away at times - http://bit.ly/2mzudr5

Round skipped during CTF on Strike mode - http://bit.ly/2EJQB8s

Strike - Getting Fallback messaging in error - http://bit.ly/2mwwdAi

PS4 Pro HDR Issues - http://bit.ly/2mz5gMu

Thermal Binoculars and CR2 Night Vision aren't working - http://bit.ly/2FFaIWD

Bad collision detection on Starfighter Assault - http://bit.ly/2D6rCvQ

Can't use abilities in HvV at certain times - http://bit.ly/2B2wWhZ

CPU usage increases to 100% during loading screens - http://bit.ly/2B2xpAL

Rolling in window mode activates the window focus if you press alt and space - http://bit.ly/2DgjVHx

Darth Maul Fool Me Once card does not always work properly - http://bit.ly/2rdp5OX

Micro stuttering is sometimes seen in frame rates at the start of matches or during the entire match. Happening in high-end, mid-tier and just above min spec systems.

Roll Glitch where players are invincible mid roll - http://bit.ly/2k9pY54 / http://bit.ly/2Digdch

Emperor Palpatine Lighting attack can hit targets through doors and walls

Vader choke glitch that makes players stay affected and in the air even after the ability has finished, happens after patch 1.1 - http://bit.ly/2ETTu6W

Chewbacca Bowcaster Not Firing. After being force choked by Darth vader. - http://bit.ly/2FSqFsR

Collection page only shows 3 abilities, even for hero ships that have 4 - http://bit.ly/2FUZBsL

LAAT laser sometimes deals no damage - http://bit.ly/2mQDxae

Rey losing jump and abilities after Vader force choke - http://bit.ly/2FU1wOr

Leia Stuck in Secondary Fire Mode after vader force choke - http://bit.ly/2DrSXwQ

Assault-Expert Weapon Handling Does Not Work with CR-2. - http://bit.ly/2DwrzNd

Barrage resets weapons crosshairs to default when using improved zoom. - http://bit.ly/2DunFEp

Can’t change controller settings in Co-Op without changing both players settings - http://bit.ly/2DPsLJe

Out of Bounds (10s Timer) overrides the 45s Phase Timer - http://bit.ly/2mZy5Sk

Heroes and villains announcements not working after 1.1 - http://bit.ly/2E03o7y

The scan dart is not working for me just for my team - http://bit.ly/2Fg073o

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2/ bomb major cities like NY and LA. 10 not enough
3/ bomb where the population isn’t high like Moscow and bomb military bases
4/ supply my allies with bomb squad to help me

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1.james larkin
2.i would bomb all major cities with the 10 bombs
3.i would hit all important places including large cities with the 10 bombs.
4.I would throw all the bombs at once at one location such as Moscow.

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2. I would bomb major cities, I’d need more than 10 bombs to destroy the US.
3. I’d bomb major cities, I’d need more than 10 bombs to destroy the Soviet Union.
4. Ask my allies to bomb my opponent from other directions.

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2. Perhaps. Just keep throwing bombs at them until they eventually give up. Bomb the capitals/cities
3. Same with the USSR, I would try to send as many bombs as I can so the earth would blow up. Problem solved
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2. I would plant the 10 bombs in major cities of the United States, such as New York, Washington D.C, California, etc.
3. I would need more than 10 but I would target the most populated cities in the Soviet Union.
4. The bombs would not be as affective and my plan would not be successful.

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2. I would bomb every major city in every state. No, you can not do it with ten bombs because it would be lot of area to cover.

3. Use like 100 bombs because the USSR is so big. No because Russia has so much land thee is no way.

4. Because I would run out of bombs and the opponent would have time to fire back at me.

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2. I would bomb submarines then major cities.
3. Would have people join me to bomb their capitals.
4. Potential destruction would be ruined and could foil plans to cause huge damage.

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2. I would bomb all the major cities
3.I would first do military bases then moscow, I would need more then 10 bombs
4. It would affect my strategy because I wouldn't be able to bomb anything

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2. I would bomb all of Hawaii. I would drop one big czar bomb in the center of all the islands, to maximize effectiveness. the Americans would no longer vacation anywhere and stay on the mainland.
3. I would drop a nuke right on the red square in St. Petersburg. they would lose their main government center and attraction to the world.
4. I would just choose Moscow rather than the red square. they can't stop me.

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1. Jennifer
2. I would need a lot more then 10 bombs and Idk I would just bomb random places in the us.
3. Id bomb random areas once again and I would need more then 10
4. Im not sure how that would affect o

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2) I would bomb Major cities and the U.S. Naval bases. 10 bombs could be enough but a couple more would do the job.
3) I would bomb the most populated cities and industries. 10 bombs wouldn’t be enough.
4) If bombing the U.S./ or Soviet Union, the other side could have the advantage of stopping the bomb from reaching the cities, ruining my plan because they would begin an attack.

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2.) I would bomb major cities
3.)Moscow and military bases
4) it would make it harder

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1.I would spread the bombs out as much as I could on the U.S. I would start by putting the the bigger ones hitting D.C and New York. 2. I would hit Moscow first becuase it’s one of the most populated then  I would hit the next town St. Peter’s Berg. And then a final bomb on the town of Novosibirsk. 3. I would have to throw them off and put one of the bombs in a small rural country for the U.S some town in Kentucky. In Russia I would do the small Russian town of Абдулино. 4. Deonte your plan is a joke you will never be as good as Stalin.

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1. Janetzy Mariscal Garcia
2. You would need a lot more bombs, 10 wouldn’t be enough. The smartest strategy in my opinion would be to aim at the bigger/most important cities. Because those would be the cities that impact the U.S the most overall.
3. 10 would not be enough for the Soviet Union. It would take easily 35 bombs or more if you are to destroy every  part of the Soviet Union.
4. It would affect my strategy because I wouldn’t be able to destroy the Soviet Union completely. But I doubt they would be able to stop any if I am bombing the country at the same time with the 35 bombs. But if I am not bombing at the same time then I would lose money and time if they stopped my bombs in some sort of way.

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1. I would need a lot of bombs because bombs are good
2. I would bomb the major cities in the US first because they most populated. No 10 bombs are definitely not enough.
3. I would bomb everything in sight in the Soviet Union because bombing wins wars. Of course 10 bombs are not enough.
4. That wouldn’t affect my strategy because I would have unlimited bombs.

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2. Ten bombs probably wouldn't be enough, but i would get major cities along with ports as well, also areas that have a large population.
3. First off 10 bombs wouldn't be enough, but if i had to I'd go for their most valuable areas
4.Honestly if people were able to stop my bombs that would ruin everything, but i would have to strategicly place my bombs and try to ruin the economy.

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2. I would probably bomb one of the U.S military bases in Germany first , I would need more than 10 bombs.
3. I would probably bomb Moscow first because of the large population (12.9 million)
4. If my opponent could stop some of my bombs it would effect with my strategy because for the U.S I want to bomb all of their strong Military bases first . So if my opponent knows that it would be nearly impossible for me to do that . For the Soviet Union I want to bomb all of the larger populated places first .

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2. I would bomb heavily populated areas like Florida, Washington D.C, California and others. 10 bombs would probably not be enough to fully destroy The Us but it would cause mass panic.
3. Bomb important capitals in the Soviet Union. Again 10 bombs might not do too much damage but it will be effective.
4. It would mess up myself up for both plans because it’s sparatic and is. And if the plans are just to do whatever then it’ll be easy to stop and easy to fail.

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1. Name

2. If you were trying to destroy the United States with bombs the Soviet Union had, how would you do it?  Can you do it with 10 bombs?

3. If you were trying to destroy the Soviet Union with bombs the US had, how would you do it?  Can you do it with 10 bombs?

4. If your opponent could stop some of these bombs, how would that affect your strategy?

5. Comment on 2 other’s ideas.

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1. Aidan A
2. I would bomb major cities that bring in the most money and have the largest amount of civilians. Probably not
3. I'd blow up Moscow first and then just randomly pick big Russian cities. I need more than 10.
4. If my opponent could stop some of the bombs I'd deploy fake ones too so I can stop some of their defenses from hitting the real ones
5. Who ever said they need more than 10 is right.
Niko's Boom boom strategy is smart.

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2- I would need many bombs, I would probably need more than 10.
3-Lmaoo boi I would need hella bombs, 10 ain't enough.
4- Just send more bombs at them.

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2/.I would bomb the military bases and the White House. It would take less to destroy U.S using atomic bombs(fat man) but 10 is not enough
3/soviet is bigger than US so bomb only places with millions of ppl and major military bases. It would definitely take more than ten to destroy
4/I would give my allies bombs to fire from the other direction