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Q. What was the temper of America towards Great Britain before the year 1763?-- A: The best in the world. They submitted willingly to the government of the crown, and paid, in all their courts, obedience to acts of parliament. They were governed by this country at the expence only of a little pen, ink, and paper.They considered the parliament as the great bulwark and security of their liberties and privileges, and always spoke of it with the utmost respect and veneration. Arbitrary ministers, they thought, might possibly, at times, attempt to oppress them; but they relied on it, that the parliament, on application, would always give redress.Q: And what is their temper now?-- A: very much altered....Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin In the House of Commons - British Parliament, 1766According to Franklin, the colonists before 1763 were

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