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1.Colonists resented being tried by admiralty courts for certain offenses, which they believed violated their right to trial by jury.2.They believed that the purpose of government was to protect property, and by passing acts such as the Stamp Act, Parliament was depriving them of their property unfairly.3.They saw property as the source of true liberty, and that since Parliament had taxed them even though colonists elected no Parliamentary representatives, their liberty was threatened.
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