According to the drafters of the Declaration of Independence, how did the king prevent the colonial population from growing?

So, what is your take? What would be a specific way to keep growth down? Think of how they got there.

He had his storm troopers kill anyone they found pregnant...however Baby Moses was saved when his mother put him on a raft on the Nile. Where is was saved and lived to write the Constitution.

I thought he killed the first born male. (wait, I think that was the Bible.

Check the text of the Declaration of Independence - what does it say in the part that starts with "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing ..."