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(4) he has forbidden his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
(5) he has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
(6) 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 and formidable to tyrants only.
(7) 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.
(8) he has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
(9) 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 mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
(10) 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, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
(11) he has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
(12) he has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
(13) he has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
(14) he has kept among us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.
(15) he has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to, the civil power.
stop and check your comprehension
reread lines 4–15. then, select 5 grievances to put into your own words.
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Explanation:

To complete this task, we'll rephrase 5 grievances from lines 4 - 15 (note: the original text's line numbering might have a typo, but we'll use the numbered grievances as given: [5] to [15] as the relevant ones). Here are 5 rephrased grievances:

1. Grievance [5]

Original: "He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."
Rephrased: He prevented colonial governors from enacting urgent laws unless they paused the laws’ effect until he approved them—and even when they paused the laws, he completely ignored them.

2. Grievance [6]

Original: "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 and formidable to tyrants only."
Rephrased: He refused to pass laws helping large groups of people unless those people gave up their right to be represented in the legislature (a right that is priceless to them and only feared by tyrants).

3. Grievance [8]

Original: "He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people."
Rephrased: He repeatedly disbanded elected representative assemblies because they bravely opposed his violations of the people’s rights.

4. Grievance [10]

Original: "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, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands."
Rephrased: He tried to stop these colonies from growing in population: he blocked laws that would make foreigners citizens, refused to pass laws encouraging people to move here, and made it harder to get new land.

5. Grievance [14]

Original: "He has kept among us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of our legislatures."
Rephrased: In peacetime, he kept permanent armies among us without the colonial legislatures’ permission.

You can use these (or adjust the wording further to make them your own) to fulfill the task.

Answer:

To complete this task, we'll rephrase 5 grievances from lines 4 - 15 (note: the original text's line numbering might have a typo, but we'll use the numbered grievances as given: [5] to [15] as the relevant ones). Here are 5 rephrased grievances:

1. Grievance [5]

Original: "He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."
Rephrased: He prevented colonial governors from enacting urgent laws unless they paused the laws’ effect until he approved them—and even when they paused the laws, he completely ignored them.

2. Grievance [6]

Original: "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 and formidable to tyrants only."
Rephrased: He refused to pass laws helping large groups of people unless those people gave up their right to be represented in the legislature (a right that is priceless to them and only feared by tyrants).

3. Grievance [8]

Original: "He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people."
Rephrased: He repeatedly disbanded elected representative assemblies because they bravely opposed his violations of the people’s rights.

4. Grievance [10]

Original: "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, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands."
Rephrased: He tried to stop these colonies from growing in population: he blocked laws that would make foreigners citizens, refused to pass laws encouraging people to move here, and made it harder to get new land.

5. Grievance [14]

Original: "He has kept among us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of our legislatures."
Rephrased: In peacetime, he kept permanent armies among us without the colonial legislatures’ permission.

You can use these (or adjust the wording further to make them your own) to fulfill the task.