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brought to you by radical wigs hairpieces for the independent

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thinker What was the name of the british political faction

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that taught the american colonists that power corrupted government office

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holders and hear the potential answers Well many american colonists

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may have wanted nothing to do with their british parents

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but even the most ideologically distant family members share some

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common dna Let's start at the top with option a

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tory's the name tory's refers to those who remained loyal

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to the british crown during the american revolution for those

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folks would have definitely been down with absolute power What

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about option b libertarians when we're a little early for

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libertarians there present day american political party that promotes liberty

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in the governmental and economic sphere Right real shock So

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that frees up beat now could american colonists have benefited

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from the guidance of parliamentarians Unfortunately for see we're a

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little too late since the parliamentarians led the charge against

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king charles the first during the english civil war Well

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howbout d the luddite Now we're not talking about your

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dad trying to use facebook The luddites were a group

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of artisans who protest in the adoption of big machines

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during the industrial revolution since all those newfangled contraptions put

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them square out of a job so we can ditch

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indias well which means that american colonists learned about the

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corruption of government officials from the radical wigs The option

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is the right answer The radical wigs dedicated themselves to

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a limiting the power of the british monarchy which majorly

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influenced the nation's political views of american colonists After encountering

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the anti establishment views of radical wigs american colonists took 00:01:44.36 --> [endTime] their extreme political scores a whole nother level

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