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And newspaper articles and broadsides
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helped spread this sense of involvement,
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urging the colonists to avoid luxuries
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like imported silks or English rum,
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and instead people should be virtuous
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and they should wear homespun clothing made of cloth
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that could be made in the colonies,
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and they should drink whiskey and beer and cider
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that could be made in the colonies.
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Now you'll notice things to drink include whiskey, beer and cider,
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but you'll notice water isn't included in that list--
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and actually it wasn't considered