"[Jefferson, pg. 1] Thomas Jefferson is saying that all people have certain rights, regardless if they are in Britain or in America. ... Before the American Revolution, the American colonists and the British army fought together in the French and Indian War. ... The colonists were angry that Britain had given the land that they couldn't settle in, back to the French. ... The French now had the same resources and profitable goods that the colonies had, the Americans now had to compete for customers with France. The Proclamation of 1763 and a few acts that followed the French and Indi...

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The road to revolution began with the ending of the French and Indian war. ... This also led more colonists to complain about "The Rights of Englishmen saying that only they had the power to tax themselves, not the British parliament. The British however, argued that the colonies had "virtual representation ", saying that they vast majority of white men could not even vote for parliament. ...

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England was receiving messages of disaster from Holland, Belgium, and France (Broad, 1963, 41). ... He does this by saying, "I would have to say to the House, as I said to those who have joined the Government: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." ... He does this by saying, "I hope that any of my friends and colleagues, or former colleagues, who are affected by the political reconstruction, will make all allowance for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act." ... Even though Chamberlain made a speech saying that he could spare the time because ...

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John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... In addition to the Americans fighting in the continental army, France and Spain sent troops to fight against the British. ...

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John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... In addition to the Americans fighting in the continental army, France and Spain sent troops to fight against the British. ...

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