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They felt that they truly were upholding the supremacy
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and sovereignty of the British Parliament.
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Second, related to that and perhaps more important
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as far as our understanding of different--
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two evolving mindsets is concerned,
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the sovereignty of Parliament over the colonies by this point
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had become inextricably bound up
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with the right of taxing Americans.
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And I'll repeat that again.
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By this point,
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the sovereignty of Parliament over the colonies
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had become inextricably bound up