Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Source: The Declaration of Independence
I don't understand the phrase "all having in direct object the establishment" – What does "all" mean? Does it mean "comprehensively"? Can you rewrite the phrase in today's English so that I can grasp what "having the establishment" means (the best guess I get now is it means "having the stubborn habit (of a dictator).
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All of the 'repeated injuries and usurpations' had the intention of establishing 'an absolute tyranny' over the States (according to the authors). In modern English we would say 'having as their direct object...'