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| former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism, while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England |
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| Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) |
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| in reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor, revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor), murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony |
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| politely demanded from the kind a ceasefire in Boston, repeal of Coercive Acts, guarantee of American rights |
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| Thomas Paine, Common Sense |
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| stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions |
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| most numerous in New England, fought for independence |
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fought for return to colonial rule, usually conservative
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