<P> He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance . </P> <P> He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures . </P> <P> He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power . </P> <P> He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: </P>

Who are the authors of the declaration of independence