1. The birth of the republic
... move a people from idle chit-chat to general thought to action and that straw happened to be the taxes levied after 1763 in the form of several acts passes by the English parliament. Deep in the minds of the colonists was one small thing that would unite them all, an ingrained love for freedom and equality. When ... to deserve it. The basis of the evil was that the colonists" society was founded on one main principle, property. Any tax would take their money and in turn their property which was their key to independence. Your own property meant your own food, and own money and made you "...
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