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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Samuel Adams|}}</ul> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Samuel Adams|}}</ul> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:John Dickinson|}}</ul> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:John Dickinson|}}</ul> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Lord Dunmore|}}</ul> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Lord Dunmore|Royal Governor of Virginia who, in opposition to British policy, launched militia attacks on Indians across the Appalachian Mountains (see Lord Dunmore's War) | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Benjamin Franklin|as scientist and successful publisher, the most famous American in his day; up until final moments before war, was always conciliatory to the British, accepting of British rule, and sought compromise; however, stood firm for colonial rights, including representation in Parliament; was early thinker about colonial union, esp. given experience as Postmaster of the colonies (Albany Plan); Franklin was an "Enlightenment" thinker who sought to explain the world through reason; this led him to "deism" (see entry)}}</ul> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Benjamin Franklin|as scientist and successful publisher, the most famous American in his day; up until final moments before war, was always conciliatory to the British, accepting of British rule, and sought compromise; however, stood firm for colonial rights, including representation in Parliament; was early thinker about colonial union, esp. given experience as Postmaster of the colonies (Albany Plan); Franklin was an "Enlightenment" thinker who sought to explain the world through reason; this led him to "deism" (see entry)}}</ul> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:George Grenville|Prime Minister (head of Parliamant), asserted British sovereignty over colonies and led various enforcement and tax laws through Parliament, including the Sugar Act; Grenville's tax policies shifted British tax policy away from mercantilism towards revenue-raising}}</ul> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:George Grenville|Prime Minister (head of Parliamant), asserted British sovereignty over colonies and led various enforcement and tax laws through Parliament, including the Sugar Act; Grenville's tax policies shifted British tax policy away from mercantilism towards revenue-raising}}</ul> | ||