The Declaration of Independence
Compound Sentence
He has Plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people
Simple
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
Complex sentence
He has constrained our fellow citizens taken Captive on the high seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Compound-Complex sentence
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend them.
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