Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
"He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured 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 and conditions."
That one makes more sense in the first draft.

Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
Bys 1776 the English king wasn't really that much in power any more; prime ministers had been de facto in power for a long time by then (IIRC since the mid-17th century?).
It’s really addressing the role (viz., The Crown), not the individual.