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Tarring and Feathering was a punishment that went back to the Middle Ages with Richard the Lionhearted and the Crusades.
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first modern western thinkers
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he was a modern western thinker
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he disagreed about human nature
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he felt all people where selfish
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agreed with role of government
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he believed the governement should be broken up into different sections and that each should have some power to control the others
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he fought against intolerance
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had a single legislature
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believed in a single government with an advisory board
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he believed certain individuals should have certain rights
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smith was a philosopher who focused on the role of economics.
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people who where accused of crime should have rights
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believed if you where accused of a crime you should have rights
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majority people would make right decision when given the chance
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believed majority of people would make right choices if they where given the chance
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john adams, ben franklin, thomas jefferson
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formed ideas about free mexico from the harsh rule of foreigners
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first women to recognize inequalities between men and women
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Patriots used it against British officials and loyalists in the American colonies.
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was charged with rallying opposition to the recently enacted Currency Act and the unpopular reforms imposed on the customs service.
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it was common to threaten or attack British government employees in the colonies. No stamp commissioner or tax collector was actually tarred and feathered but by November 1, 1765, the day the Stamp Act tax went into effect, there were no stamp commissioners left in the colonies to collect it.
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ame under suspicion as an informer of American smuggling activities.
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and from then onwards there was continuous antagonism between the people of Boston and the those trying to enforce the King's rule. The newspapers printed accounts of the 'atrocities' committed by the occupiers. British officers made every effort to prevent trouble.
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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars
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was chasing a merchant ship believed to be smuggling goods
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a committee was formed to protest the recent decision to have the Crown, not the colonial assembly, pay the salaries of the royal governor and judges. Adams and his fellow correspondents rallied their neighbors to oppose this measure that had cost the colony its means of controlling public officials. In the following months, more than 100 other committees were formed in the towns and villages of Massachusetts.
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would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes
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he emphasized the importance of reason, science, and respecting humanity.
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