THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
BOSTON MASSACRE DECLARATORY TOWNSHEND ACTS
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Wealthy and Educated
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Members of the Sons of Liberty
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Vocal Supporters of Individual Liberty
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Patriots were those colonials who were growing weary of British rules and policies, especially when they had no say in how these laws would be made or implemented. They strived for freedom from a tyrannical royal government, often led by Royal Governors who suppressed any utterance of rebellion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Loyalists: colonists of the American revolutionary period who supported, and stayed loyal, to the British monarchy. Patriots: colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Loyalists and Patriots did have one thing in common-both groups criticized the way Great Britain was taxing the colonists even though the colonists were not represented in Parlia-ment.