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See how much you know about British political factions. That's what the cool kids read about nowadays, right? Well... we think it's cool.
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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop dooz your
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brought to you by radical wigs hairpieces for the independent
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thinker What was the name of the british political faction
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that taught the american colonists that power corrupted government office
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holders and hear the potential answers Well many american colonists
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may have wanted nothing to do with their british parents
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but even the most ideologically distant family members share some
- 00:29
common dna Let's start at the top with option a
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tory's the name tory's refers to those who remained loyal
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to the british crown during the american revolution for those
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folks would have definitely been down with absolute power What
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about option b libertarians when we're a little early for
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libertarians there present day american political party that promotes liberty
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in the governmental and economic sphere Right real shock So
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that frees up beat now could american colonists have benefited
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from the guidance of parliamentarians Unfortunately for see we're a
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little too late since the parliamentarians led the charge against
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king charles the first during the english civil war Well
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howbout d the luddite Now we're not talking about your
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dad trying to use facebook The luddites were a group
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of artisans who protest in the adoption of big machines
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during the industrial revolution since all those newfangled contraptions put
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them square out of a job so we can ditch
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indias well which means that american colonists learned about the
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corruption of government officials from the radical wigs The option
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is the right answer The radical wigs dedicated themselves to
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a limiting the power of the british monarchy which majorly
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influenced the nation's political views of american colonists After encountering
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the anti establishment views of radical wigs american colonists took 00:01:44.36 --> [endTime] their extreme political scores a whole nother level
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