Thomas Paine: “For submission to the tea or tax act, implied an acknowledgment of the…”

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For submission to the tea or tax act, implied an acknowledgment of the declaratory act, or, in other words, of the universal supremacy of Parliament, which as they never intended to do, it was necessary they should oppose it, in its first stage of execution.

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Thomas Paine

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This quote illustrates the American colonists' resistance to British taxation and their desire to reject parliamentary supremacy.

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Thomas Paine: “For submission to the tea or tax act, implied an acknowledgment of the declaratory act, or, in other words, of the…”

Editor's note · Context