"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. "
- from The Declaration of Independence
Each phrase from this section of the Declaration of Independence begins with the word 'for', which is referring to the actions of