I believe that one was it could only request states for funds. The government under the articles had hardly any power.
He states that all men are created equal and have equal rights. One of these rights is the right to change a tyrannical government. He explains that the King of Britain has committed many atrocious acts against the people of the colonies and that he will provide the factual evidence later in the declaration.
The law was extended on May 16, 1918, by the Sedition Act<span> of 1918, actually a set of amendments to the </span>Espionage Act<span>, which prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States ... or the flag of the United States</span>