Read the passage. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

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:

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

–The Declaration of Independence, 1776

As alluded to in the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence, the British practice of salutary neglect through much of the history of the thirteen colonies resulted in

a reasonable expectation of political autonomy by the colonies and the adoption of effective local systems of self-rule.
a breakdown of effective governance within the colonies, requiring Parliament to forcibly re-establish control.
an economic depression in the colonies due to political barriers to open trade and high tax rates.
open rebellion by colonial militants at the onset of the French and Indian War.