Assertion: colony | /r/CapableOf | owe allegiance
Facets:
value: to the king
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In the aftermath of the Intolerable Acts, the delegates asserted that the colonies owed allegiance only to the king; they would accept royal governors as agents of the king, but they were no longer willing to recognize Parliament's right to pass legislation affecting the colonies.