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Massachusetts. The Massachusetts committee's headquarters, based in Boston and led by Adams, became a model for other Patriot groups. The meeting establishing the committee set its purpose,
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British decision to have the salaries of the royal governor and judges be paid by the British Crown rather than the colonial assembly, a measure which effectively stripped the colony of its means of holding public officials accountable to their constituents.
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Deputies from the Colonies" to be assembled, which became known as the
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1919:French and Indian War
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1191:A People and a Nation
1132:. Henry Holt and Co.
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1782:Daughters of Liberty
1777:Virginia Association
1526:Rights of Englishmen
1385:Breen, T.H. (2010).
1265:A New Age Now Begins
1261:Smith, Page (1976).
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1478:American Revolution
1428:, at Smith College.
1402:. New York, Knopf.
1321:The History Teacher
1213:Puls, Mark (2006).
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3337:Libertas Americana
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1180:978-0-8078-1313-3
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4017:Other events
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3809:Adams family
3796:
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3754:
3733:Faneuil Hall
3708:
3600:Boston, 1772
3594:
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3494:Samuel Adams
3407:Bicentennial
3290:Other topics
3276:Liberty Tree
3248:
3188:Constitution
3180:
3085:Beaumarchais
2973:Samuel Adams
2724:William Howe
2719:Richard Howe
2619:West Florida
2604:East Florida
2578:Rhode Island
2573:Pennsylvania
2506:Involvement
2450:Gordon Riots
2435:Valley Forge
2430:Conway Cabal
2408:Other events
2170:Philadelphia
2068:British Army
1959:Powder Alarm
1889:Model Treaty
1811:
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1569:Expansionism
1537:Common Sense
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560:
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537:Joseph Hewes
514:
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218:Rhode Island
206:
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183:Currency Act
176:
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159:adding to it
154:
134:Currency Act
124:government.
118:
103:
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75:Philadelphia
55:Samuel Adams
42:
40:
32:Liberty Tree
3799:(2022 book)
3053:Witherspoon
2937:von Steuben
2892:Charles Lee
2609:Nova Scotia
2528:Connecticut
2399:The Saintes
2354:Springfield
2319:Stony Point
2249:Long Island
2234:Bunker Hill
2155:Nova Scotia
1746:Prohibitory
1736:Restraining
1726:Intolerable
1706:Declaratory
1271:McGraw-Hill
1088:Puls (2006)
1038:October 31,
1033:ncpedia.org
967:Dawson 1886
955:Dawson 1886
943:Dawson 1886
931:Dawson 1886
919:Dawson 1886
907:Dawson 1886
895:Dawson 1886
883:Dawson 1886
871:Dawson 1886
859:Dawson 1886
789:(1976) ch 1
689:for life."
665:Connecticut
641:Dabney Carr
598:Dabney Carr
580:Joseph Reed
529:Edward Vail
521:Robert Howe
517:John Harvey
464:Westchester
448:James Duane
408:Wall Street
268:Kent County
222:Connecticut
188:During the
4200:Committees
4184:Categories
4126:John Adams
4120:1972 film)
4066:Early life
3781:John Adams
3658:Early life
3397:Centennial
3352:television
3203:Jay Treaty
3100:de Guichen
3008:Huntington
2968:John Adams
2907:Montgomery
2812:Washington
2775:Rockingham
2760:Barrington
2729:Knyphausen
2699:Cornwallis
2558:New Jersey
2389:Chesapeake
2344:Charleston
2299:Germantown
2294:Brandywine
2284:Bennington
2073:Royal Navy
2063:Parliament
2010:Combatants
1983:Combatants
1762:Loyal Nine
1695:Quartering
1665:Navigation
1511:Liberalism
1501:John Locke
1489:Philosophy
1097:References
1005:, pp. 6–7.
431:John Alsop
342:Christians
228:, and the
4061:(brother)
3757:(Whitney)
3271:Diplomacy
3259:Political
3242:Prisoners
3146:Aftermath
3120:Vergennes
3095:de Grasse
3090:d'Estaing
3080:Louis XVI
3018:Jefferson
2983:Dickinson
2927:St. Clair
2912:Nicholson
2887:Lafayette
2847:Duportail
2817:Alexander
2785:Shelburne
2669:Arbuthnot
2508:(by
2374:Pensacola
2334:Gibraltar
2309:St. Lucia
2274:Princeton
1986:Campaigns
1839:Minutemen
1755:Colonials
1711:Townshend
1640:Loyalists
1583:Royalists
1090:, p. 206.
1078:, p. 245.
993:, p. 421.
812:, p. 368.
735:Footnotes
533:John Ashe
420:Isaac Low
240:did not.
190:Stamp Act
106:Loyalists
4162:patriots
3979:co-wrote
3721:patriots
3565:protests
3235:Military
2988:Franklin
2961:Civilian
2942:Sullivan
2932:Schuyler
2862:Hamilton
2837:Claghorn
2805:Military
2798:Colonial
2780:Sandwich
2743:Civilian
2689:Carleton
2684:Campbell
2679:Burgoyne
2662:Military
2588:Virginia
2563:New York
2543:Maryland
2533:Delaware
2394:Yorktown
2329:Savannah
2304:Monmouth
2289:Saratoga
2195:Yorktown
2185:Southern
2175:Northern
2165:Saratoga
2137:theaters
1998:Colonies
1989:Theaters
1792:Patriots
1702:up i.p.o
1690:Currency
1675:Molasses
1350:(1886).
1333:44504455
981:, p. 83.
718:See also
602:Virginia
586:Virginia
456:John Jay
363:New York
348:Maryland
244:Delaware
122:colonial
91:Patriots
81:Function
4145:Related
3697:Related
3357:theater
3115:Suffren
3105:Luzerne
3023:Laurens
2993:Hancock
2978:Carroll
2897:Lincoln
2877:de Kalb
2867:Hopkins
2765:Germain
2755:Amherst
2694:Clinton
2655:British
2645:Leaders
2538:Georgia
2369:Cowpens
2314:Grenada
2264:Trenton
2211:battles
2190:Western
2045:Marines
1992:Battles
1107:(1976)
1017:, p. 5.
712:Ireland
683:Tea Act
480:Suffolk
468:Duchess
285:Patriot
128:History
59:Patriot
4090:Legacy
4053:(wife)
3747:Legacy
3249:Turtle
3073:French
3043:Revere
3038:Morris
3033:McKean
2998:Hanson
2922:Rodney
2917:Putnam
2902:Mercer
2857:Greene
2827:Arnold
2734:Rodney
2714:Graves
2704:Fraser
2614:Quebec
2359:Camden
2239:Quebec
2224:Boston
2209:Major
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