"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. "He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: "For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: "For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever." Does any of this sound familiar?