He refused to appoint judges, hurting the rule of law. The King stopped the colonists from being able to attract new settlers to the colonies. His dissolution of the Government prevented the correction of economic problems and left the colonies open for invasion. He made representatives of the people meet at times and in places that were nearly impossible to get to.
He threatened to only pass laws if the colonists gave up their ability to participate in his government. The King refused to let the colonists pass basic laws. OK, here are the (official) reasons the colonists absolved themselves of all allegiance to the British Crown: Is there anything that you think is strangely absent from the list? It will surprise some how far down the list ‘taxation without representation’ actually falls. I recommend you pay attention to the order these grievances are in. To make these complaints easier to digest, I have reviewed all 27 complaints in the Declaration and rewrote them in the most basic, plain modern English I could. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that the majority of this document is essentially a laundry list of complaints against the King and Parliament. The Declaration of Independence is best known for the first three paragraphs which contain an eloquent discussion of natural rights and the relationship between people and their government. Here is a simple list of the colonists’ complaints about the King and Parliament and translated from the Declaration of Independence.