The colonists did not, at this point, claim any privileges under the law of Great Britain. They were breaking from the law of Great Britain. They were appealing instead to the laws of nature and of nature's God. And it was under those laws that they had the right to resist oppression.


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The colonists did not, at this point, claim any privileges under the law of Great Britain. They were breaking from the law of Great Britain. They...

The colonists did not, at this point, claim any privileges under the law of Great Britain. They were breaking from the law of Great Britain. They...

The colonists did not, at this point, claim any privileges under the law of Great Britain. They were breaking from the law of Great Britain. They...

The colonists did not, at this point, claim any privileges under the law of Great Britain. They were breaking from the law of Great Britain. They...