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Patrick give me liberty6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Were these leaders conscious of the irony/hypocrisy/contradictions in their refusals to be "slaves" to English policies while maintaining thousands of enslaved Africans among them? Why was the rhetoric of enslavement and resistance to it so central to the American enterprise at this time? ![]() In addition, the American colonists had begun to develop a network of communications-the Committees of Correspondence, which had been in operation since 1772-to share information about their grievances regarding British imperial policy.ĭuring this evolving struggle, the American insurgents frequently denounced Britain's arbitrary and despotic policies by asserting that the Americans would not be "slaves" to England. However, the struggles of the past half-decade had created deep resentments and fissures that were not to be healed easily-or ever. ![]() After five years of almost constant protests by American colonists, starting with the Stamp Act in 1765, a period of superficial calm reigned in the relations between England and the colonies from 1770 to 1773. ![]()
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