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When questioned why the colonists had lost respect for England's Parliament,
Benjamin Franklin answered: "To a concurrence of causes: the restraints
lately laid on their trade, by which the bringing of foreign
gold and silver into the Colonies was prevented;
the prohibition of making paper money among themselves,* and
then demanding a new and heavy tax by stamps; taking away,
at the same time, trials by juries, and refusing to receive
and hear their humble petitions." --Memoirs
of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1, page 206
* Some of the colonies had been reduced to the necessity
of bartering, from the want of a medium of exchange.
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