stackyFACTSRealizing his rule was entirely collapsing, James attempted a genuinely childish bureaucratic sabotage. While escaping, he deliberately tossed the Great Seal into a river, foolishly hoping that the new government literally couldn't pass laws without the physical stamp.
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