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And then this stamp act comes along and it coupled with the Sugar Act of 1764 and the

proclamation of 1763. And as you know, Americans are starting to feel like there's this kind of

movement in Parliament, as they said back then, to enslave them. And certainly that meant just kind

of taking away much of their

liberties, more economic than anything else, I would think. But Georgians dealt with that, I think,

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