King George III was an autocrat with unlimited power to determine what was happening in the colonies.The ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence build on language and ideas from previous documents, including the Virginia constitution.The colonists were motivated te rebel because there was too much legislation and too many courts imposed by the British.The Declaration of Independence is important because no one had previously written about human rights.

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