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In effect the people were present through their representatives, and were themselves, step by step and point by point, acting in the conduct of public affairs. No longer merely an ultimate check on government, they were in some sense the government.

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The turning point was the Tea Act and the resulting Tea Party in Boston in December 1773.

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