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The American Dream and the Revolution Causes
The piece argues economic pressure drove colonial discontent in the 1760s, linking high living costs and taxation to revolutionary sentiment. It notes British acts to regulate and tax colonial commerce, the Stamp Act, and subsequent duties, the impact on merchants, labor, and everyday life, and the eventual repeal of taxes but retained tea duties.
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Don McLeod
Associated Press
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