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Plus it was an anti-authoritarian force led by
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unorthodox preachers and people not attached to
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an established church.
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So we have here a mix of individualism and personal empowerment
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and throw in an emotional sort of righteousness.
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That's a really kind of a heady mixture of feelings and ideas
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that would eventually help to encourage a real spirit of political resistance.
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Okay. I'm going to mention a few more basic things about colonial life
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that were different from England.
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Very quickly.
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First, the realities of living on a frontier,
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which not only fostered a sense of independence,