The Virginia Legislature Protests (1798), 3. Andrew Burnaby Scoffs at Colonial Unity (1760). trailer << /Size 102 /Prev 557092 /Info 85 0 R /Root 87 0 R >> startxref 0 %%EOF 87 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 88 0 R >> endobj 88 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [ 89 0 R 1 0 R 7 0 R 13 0 R 19 0 R 25 0 R 31 0 R 37 0 R 43 0 R 49 0 R 55 0 R 61 0 R 67 0 R 73 0 R 79 0 R ] /Count 15 >> endobj 100 0 obj << /Length 101 0 R /S 111 /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream George Whitefield Fascinates Franklin (1739), 2. Abandoning Communism at Plymouth (1632), 1. They insisted that it was time to crush the people of Boston for their audacity. Britains show of toughness encouraged ordinary people from New Hampshire to Georgia to reach out to other Americans who before this moment had been total strangers. A. 2. Francisco Coronado Explores the American Southwest (1541), 4. 2. . A mere warning that they should behave themselves in the future would not serve the purpose. The Tempest over Taxation: Benjamin Franklin Testifies Against the Stamp Act (1766). ; http://www.historyteacher.net/USQuizMainPage.htm. A. we of this town have such a high relish for Liberty, that we all, with one heart, stand ready, sword in hand, with the Italians in the Roman Republick, to defend and maintain our rights against all attempts to enslave us, and joyn our brethren, opposing force to force, if drove to the last extremity, which God forbid. Have you considered, he asked the House of Commons, whether you have troops and ships sufficient to enforce an universal proscription to the trade of the whole Continent of America? When it became clear that his audience was determined to bring the Americans to heel, Burke concluded, This is the day, then, that you will go to war with all America, in order to conciliate that country to this; and to say that America shall be obedient to all the laws of this country. No one listened. A Delegate Fears for the Little People (1788), 2. They assumed that negotiations with officials in London would result in censure, and then, after emotions had cooled, relations with the mother country would return to normal. B. Beginning in the late fifteenth century, explorers, conquerors, missionaries, merchants, and adventurers sought to claim new lands to colonize. 'The Bostonians in Distress'; cartoon by Philip Dawe, November 1774. Gage informed George III that the Americans will be Lions, whilst we are Lambs, but if we take the resolute part they will undoubtedly prove very meek. And true to his word, he arrived in Boston on May 13, 1774, accompanied by a large contingent of troops. 7 Otherwise the defense of American rights would fragment. Nothing is more ironic in the entire span of early American history than the way in which Britain finally persuaded her North American settlers to embrace a national destiny that virtually none of them desired before the crisis of 1764-1776 (Murrin)., Americas strive to move westward was a thought since the very beginning and expansion helped portray the countrys true potential. . 2. A Servant Describes His Fate (c. 1680), 3. Andrew Jackson Denounces Nullification (1832), 1. extensively in the colonies during the closing months of the French and Indian War, recorded many penetrating observations. John Winthrop's Concept of Liberty (1645), 4. Speakers in the House of Commons could hardly contain themselves. A. The Stono River Rebellion in South Carolina (1739), 1. Disaster in a Massachusetts Mill (1860), 1. A Frenchman reports Braddocks defeat (1755). Connecticut Decries the Boston Port Act (1774), 1. When was the Proclamation of 1763 declared? By comparing the advancement of territorial expansion, development of a capitalist economy, and democratization of society and politics, this paper posits that although Thomas Jeffersons geopolitical views were still present in the political landscape by the late nineteenth century, it was Hamiltons economic and political views which were prevalent. Jefferson Davis Deplores Emancipation (1863), D. The Emancipation Proclamation in England, 2. The American Civil War was a major past time that has always underlined the late 1800s with much death and ultimately the defeat of the South by the North. Another MP observed that the Americans were a strange set of People, and that it was in vain to expect any degree of reasoning from them.. Prior to the 1800s, US expansion had been accepted by the government in the thirteen colonies. Virginia Resents Restrictions (1671) 2. A Lawyer Denounces Search Warrants (1761) p. 123-124 _____ Chapter 7, The Road to Rebellion Chapter Learning Objectives: 1) explain the deeply rooted historical factors that moved America toward independence from Britain. B. A Whig Journal Accepts the Pact (1848), 3. He is his father's fifteenth child and he is the youngest son. The Intolerant Act of Toleration (1649), 3. %PDF-1.2 % Virginia Resents Restrictions (1671) 124 2. It reached the peak of its military, political and economic power under the Spanish Habsburg, through most of the 16th and 17th centuries. 2. Hamilton Attacks Jay's Attackers (1795), 2. In this paper I am going to discuss the how the Oregon Territory was one of the best claims we have owned and how the California and Texas Territory was one of the worst claims we have owned. Records Commission. Philadelphia Threatens . 0000013136 00000 n The Growth of the Colonial Population (1740-1780), 1. Virginia Resents Restrictions (1671) 2. If you were caught with them or smuggling, you would be sent to court and potentially put in jail. Washington's Deep Discouragements (1775-1776), 1. The Tempest over Taxation 1. The Indians near the frontiers are a still farther formidable cause of subjection. An English Landlord Describes a Troubled England (1623), 4. David Wilmot Appeals for Free Soil (1847), 1. Du Bois Justifies Black Legislators (1910), 4. There were multiple disagreements and even some wars erected from this operation. In addition, we will be venturing into the history of the United States of America to analyze and highlight the reasons why the American Revolution, The ^American Spirit Francis Parkman Analyzes the Conflict (1884), 1. 1. Sprague transcript, DLC:GW. This was a note sent back from an anonymous Frenchman that may have been stationed at Fort Duquesne to Paris. Stephen Douglas's Popular-Sovereignty Plea (1854), 3. They effectively addressed such problems in England, Ireland, and Scotland through a process of incentives and punishments that successfully contained local anger. Carl Schurz Reports Southern Defiance (1865), 2. Benjamin Franklin Testifies Against the Stamp Act (1766) The Abortive Slave Trade Indictment (1776), 1. 0000001018 00000 n "Slavers" for New England Girls (1846), 5. Braxton has been dying of a pleurisy; but is now something better; I believe out of danger.3 Yr much obliged & humble Servt. The Reverend John Bullman, an Episcopal rector in Charleston, South Carolina, railed against the notion that ordinary men were capable of judging the Fitness or Unfitness of all persons in power and Authority. Bullman rejected the idea that a person who cannot perhaps govern his own household, or pay the Debts of his own contracting, should dictate how the State should be governed. Chandler shared this opinion. As Norton explains, the incident served as a political catalyst for the subsequent spread of popular resistance throughout the colonies. United States History as Seen by Contemporaries, 9/e, 1. Benjamin Franklin Testifies Against the Stamp Act (1766) 117 Called the south lazy- slavery and the heat it was declared by England at the end of the French and Indian war- the colonists could not pass the Appalachian Mountains. Benjamin Franklin Testifies Against the Stamp Act (1766) William Ellery Channing Preaches Reformism (c. 1831), 2. A Connecticut Antislavery Outcry (1820), 1. Andrew Burnaby (16 August 1732 - 9 March 1812) was an English clergyman and travel writer, mainly about the American colonies and Italy.. Life. Black and White Legislatures (c. 1876), 3. 3- Francisco Coronado Explores the American Southwest (1541) 13 They find ways to communicate their grievances to strangers who live in distant places. Manifesto of the Anti-Slavery Society (1833), 3. The committees that enforced nonimportation seemed to Loyalists to invite anarchy. Preface xxi Writers of Chandlers persuasion advanced solid arguments that embarrassed revolutionary leaders, who did not want to go on record advocating the suppression of free speech. 2. Obedience required a show of force. Daniel Leonard Deplores Rebellion (1775) 128 The Beecher Sisters Defend the Home (1869), 1. Aztec Chroniclers Describe the Spanish Conquest of Mexico (1519), 3. The South Justifies Yankee-Beaters (1856), 1. Steamboats Lose to the Railroads (c. 1857), 1. Why did england create the proclamation of 1763? . Adam Smith's Balance Sheet (1776). They sensed that events were leading to a republican form of government in which people of ordinary social status would have a meaningful political voice. A Plea for Nonproperty Suffrage (1841), 3. But if. The Continental Association was different. 3. Crvecoeur Finds a Perfect Society (c. 1770), 1. So they wanted to have the colonists in the bigger cities and not out west- making it easier to tax them. Bartolem de Las Casas Defends the Indians (1552), 1. With the purchase, the country doubled in size and only increased the movement of people into the interior of the continent. T.H. One of Chandlers queries asked whether Americans have not a right to speak their sentiments on subjects of government. In another he inquired: Whether it be not a matter both of worldly wisdom, and of indispensible Christian Duty, in every American, to fear the Lord and the King, and to meddle not with them that are GIVEN TO CHANGE? The Burden of Mercantilism 224 1. The celebrated orator Edmund Burke had predicted this would be the result of the Coercive Acts. Senator Lyman Trumbull Defends Johnson (1868), 1. document.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 1963-2023 NYREV, Inc. All rights reserved. Course Hero is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university. Norton also helps us understand how difficult it was for many Americans to abandon political beliefs about an ordered monarchical system that they had come to take for granted. A Servant Girl Pays the Wages of Sin (1656), 1. Charles Dickens Dislikes Yankee "Smartness" (1842), E. The Emergence of Mass Political Parties, 1. New Yorkers Abuse Tories (1775) 130 A. News about upcoming issues, contributors, special events, online features, and more. The people needed direction. He called for the creation of a kind of American House of Lords filled with wealthy provincials who, instead of whining about taxes, would compete to have Baron prefixed to their Name., The most serious problem with the claim that the revolution resulted from a long-simmering sense of injustice is that ordinary Americans initially showed very little interest in confronting imperial authority. Andrew Burnaby Scoffs at Colonial Unity (1760) 110 0000000598 00000 n C. A New Restlessness 220 C. Britain at the Crossroads 221 The Burden of Mercantilism . They are as follows: The American Revolution (1775-1783), the signing of the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Ratification of the Constitution (1787), the Louisiana Purchase (1803), and the Civil War (1861-1865). Conquest narratives often fail to contextualize the true plight of Indigenous peoples in protecting their land. George Braxton, who died in 1761, at this time represented King and Queen County in the House of Burgesses. The revolution, she argues persuasively, started in what she calls the long 1774, which includes parts of 1773 and 1775. Governor J. 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Alfred Richardson Testifies about Reconstruction-Era Georgia (1871), 2. Davis Deplores Lincoln's Murder (1881), 1. I myself have been a spectatorand it is not an uncommon, sightof a man in the vigor of life, lying upon a couch, and a female slave standing. The later half of the 1800s brought some of most cataclysmic times in Americas history. During the 1760s Adams was a rising star in the Massachusetts legal community, but talented as he was, he could not compete with Thomas Hutchinson, the colonys lieutenant governor, for royal favor. 3.Mrs. Burwell was probably Lucy Grymes Burwell of Carters Grove, widow of Carter Burwell. Davy Crockett Advises Politicians (1836), B. John Quincy Adams and the "Corrupt Bargain", 1. A. A Lawyer Denounces Search Warrants (1761). Reflections on a Familiar Narrative, in Experiencing Empire: Power, People, and Revolution in Early America, edited by Patrick Griffin (University of Virginia Press, 2017). 8 In a course of 1,200 miles I did not see a, single object that solicited charity. He also claimed that because of all the differences in the country we would have a civil war. Alexander Hamilton Versus Thomas Jefferson on Popular Rule (1780s-1820s), 3. Commentators at the time favored a metaphor of maturation: American adolescents had come of age, announcing in a united voice that they could no longer tolerate British control. Refer to your document: Andrew Burnaby, Burnaby Scoffs at Colonial Unity. Conflicting Versions of the Outbreak (1775), 2. An idea, strange as it is visionary, has entered into the minds of the generality of mankind, that, empire is traveling westward; and everyone is looking forward with eager and impatient, expectation to that destined moment when America is to give law to the rest of the world. US History Timeline: 1700 - 1800. In instances where diplomacy failed, Indigenous tribes resorted to violence to protect their ideals. 3. Washington, for example, retired from military service because he was denied a regular commission in the British army. ?E|EK,x. The stories of conquest are contextualized in many different ways, each of which were fundamental in the development of the United States. It wasnt until after violence between Americans and Mexicans in Texas began that the American settlers proclaimed their independence from Mexico and eventually led. . Francis Parkman Analyzes the "Conflict (1884) 108 A Lawyer Denounces Search Warrants (1761) 212ViU Contents 7 8 The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775 114 A. the United States, and research and development projects to bring historical records to the Representative Charles Pinckney Upholds Slavery (1820), 3. A--u-/UIzUJj S]$]hZ]FjJZIRUD0^J k^f *JU)QZ AR}pKJ4:KUUW:ZZ4)*ZzUFWnu]$ btM^ITTJ}%Ia7*mR.6KZ~_KUTduJ4%KJH#zi$ /KU_K*VZ*K%=/KTU_VU%NZZK]Ut]%ZT*KVKZ}t.}-/W.I*$t-RjI%_p_ZZKZuUZQKIJK]tIRU/UiXIW /MJUZZKK]tJT-$KJKKE i-*MJ*_TiZ Wl%KKKIR,%IKiXJIa-SJ)(U(a&a*+ ExIJ*I`l$HSUBPMVBaRUt over him, wafting off the flies, and fanning him, while he took his repose. The Mix of Cultures in English America, 2. Adam Smith's Balance Sheet (1776) 115 B. would one day form a mighty nation or even come together in a voluntary) union. 4. 1. Juan Gines de Sepulveda Belittles the Indians (1547) 3 Countrymen! That worst of Plagues, the detested TEAis now arrived in this Harbour; the Hour of Destruction or manly Opposition to the Machinations of Tyranny stares you in the Face. A Carolinian Condemns the Tariff (1828), D. The New Spirit of Enterprise in Jacksonian America, 1. preserve, publish, and encourage the use of documentary sources, relating to the history of This account of revolution leads almost inevitably to the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. Virginia Resents Restrictions (1671) 124 The plurality in New england made people jealous of one another- all the different religions and nationalities. Andrew Burnaby Scoffs at Colonial Unity (1760) 2. Its such men that I want to analyze, their principals, their beliefs, their spirit. Andrew Burnaby Scoffs at Colonial Unity (1760) 2. A=zG72_"-,:RI{Zt*7 Hbi6 `=,=Zl (l=$;0JozWU_4B_]azIv?ZOo>#Xu gurRz_L8>Au?_=aUa r)Q&_}Zp}?od1}~ABwkr`&_z [w~zA_76Xa&s<0dp`IJ6%d0)Ob. Alexis de Tocqueville Predicts the Indians Future (1835), 2. 0000000653 00000 n Resistance to the Stamp Act and the killing of civilians during the Boston Massacre certainly got attention, but even at the moment of greatest discontent, colonists hesitated to voice support for urban protest. United States History as Seen by Contemporaries An Anti-Federalist Demands Deliberation (1787), 2. Hernn Corts Conquers Mexico (1519-1526), 2. Benjamin Franklin Characterizes General Edward Braddock (1755) 105 Although Thomas Jefferson swept the election of 1800 and witnessed the collapse of the Federalist Party in 1812, it was Alexander Hamiltons political and economic views which proved predominant in the subsequent 19th century. Nevertheless, by no means had Thomas Jeffersons views vanished from the political landscape of the United States by 1865. Daniel Webster Pleads for the Union (1830), 1. John Quincy Adams Reproaches the Hartfordites (1815), 1. Plymouth Officials Justify the War (1675), 3. Philadelphia Threatens Tea Men (1773) 119 These conflicts are documented in the stories of Cabeza De Vaca and Andrew Jacksons ventures in the New World. On October 20, it authorized the creation of the Continental Association, which bound the thirteen colonies in order to bring additional pressure on Parliament by cutting off trade with Britain. 21 notes due; Giovanni Gray will present Ch. . By focusing on those months of rapidly accelerating and fundamental political change, she recasts the oft-repeated account of how colonists evolved from loyal subjects of the crown in 1760 to determined revolutionaries in 1776. To be sure, an outpouring of anger greeted the arrival of the tea. British leaders greatly increased the chance that the situation in America would explode by appointing a military officer, Thomas Gage, as governor of Massachusetts. 3. Travels through the Middle Settlements in North-America, In the Years 1759 and 1760 . Bostonians pointed out that it was grossly unfair to penalize the entire population of the city for a crime carried out by a small group, but British officials expressed no sympathy. A Lawyer Denounces Search Warrants (1761) 212ViU Contents 1. any real strength. Through its grants program, the NHPRC supports a wide range of activities to Andrew Burnaby scoffs at colonial unity (1760) Andrew Burnaby, the broad-minded Church of England clergyman who traveled extensively in the colonies during the closing months of the French and Indian War, recorded many penetrating observations. In many places people feared that a few radicals were stoking a political crisis that could destabilize an imperial system responsible for widespread prosperity. Their major cities where they had people that could help them with supplies, hauling things, etc. Burnaby visited Mount Vernon again in June 1760 (see Burnaby to GW, 23 June 1760). Visualizing the New World (1505, 1509) 1 The Senate Snubs George Washington (1789), 2. public. Militiamen began to drill. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Howe family achieved an influential position of power in late-eighteenth-century Britain, propelled by the shrewd social intelligence of the Howe women. The political landscape changed dramatically on the night of December 16, 1773, when the destruction in Boston Harbor of tea imported by the East India Company made the scattered protests that had gone before suddenly seem irrelevant. The British had a long history of dealing with confrontations of this sort. Breen is the author of several books on the American Revolution, most recently The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America. George Washington Expresses Alarm (1786), 3. by John Adams. Representative Roger Griswold Is Unhappy (1803), 4. Cartooning the Banking Crisis (1833, 1837), 1. The South Bemoans Lincoln's Election (1864), 2. 4. One of these was the annexation of Texas. 1. The Burden of Mercantilism 1. Daniel Gray Explains the Shaysites' Grievances (1786), 2. Senator Edward Hannegan Demands 54 40' (1846), 4. 1. His father had him put into grammar school when he was only eight years old because he liked to read. Political solidarity was an act of imagination. Americans called them the Intolerable Acts. Charles Sumner Assails the Slavocracy (1856), 2. _____________________________________________________, Andrew Burnaby Scoffs at Colonial Unity (1760), Andrew Burnaby, the broad-minded Church of England clergyman who traveled. B. People living in distant colonies sent food to the unemployed workers of Boston. Andrew Burnaby, a British clergyman who traveled through the colonies in 1759, had written that the Americans would never overcome the difficulties of communication, of intercourse, [and] of correspondence, and concluded that fire and water are not more heterogeneous than the different colonies in North America.. Assess the impact of the Supreme Court and with the major decisions passed during this period. The punishment was far worse than anyone had anticipated. Boston New YorkContents Why did it matter if a state was free or slave? For one thing, protests against parliamentary taxation before 1774 were highly local, and even when colonists rioted, this did not generate widespread mobilization or the creation of a large-scale revolutionary network. She reminds us that even when it seemed inevitable that continuing protest would lead to violent confrontation with British troops, there were intelligent, articulate people in America who wanted desperately to head off the crisis. 3. The Tempest over Taxation: Benjamin Franklin Testifies Against the Stamp Act (1766). The Tempest over Taxation 117 1. A Lawyer Denounces Search Warrants (1761) 212. A single incident, at once unanticipated and alarming, often serves as a tipping point. The following response should be ONE FULL PAGE in length and is worth TWO selections. Daniel Leonard Deplores Rebellion (1775), 1. 1/3 - Ch. 1763-1775 114 The Pattern of Colonial Commerce (1766), 2. Jackson Vetoes the Bank Recharter (1832), 2. THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION, 1763-1775. The first Continental Congress brought Americans of very different backgrounds together. They expected him to defend the British constitution, champion Protestantism, and promote commercial prosperity throughout the empire. The natives were still causing issues and randomly fighting people It was only a matter of time before imperial rivals butted heads over land possession and trade routes. There are countless reasons that the Native Americans and European Colonists did not have a decent relationship. It took several months for the full implications of the Tea Party to play out in England and America. The French and Indian War 105 While the idea of conquering new territories and countries seemed to be an appealing temptation to most, it cannot go unsaid that the doctrines of manifest destiny and imperialism were extremely contested and controversial to many other citizens, especially those who suffered from the battles, wars, and hardships as a direct result of westward expansion and imperialism. The possibility that clashes with British appointees during the 1760s would provoke extensive mobilization was very low. 2 The revolutionary story that most of us learned at school usually starts in 1760, with the coronation of George III. The show of force did not intimidate the colonists. 1. But the tea was private property, and not a few people counseled the City of Boston to compensate the East India Company for the lost cargo. Small communities join the resistance, and people who had previously ignored the gathering storm are forced to decideoften publiclywhether they are prepared to sacrifice their lives and property to escape insufferable political oppression. A Lawyer Denounces Search Warrants (1761), 1. But I saw insuperable causes of. The French Revolution: Conflicting Views (1790s), 2. Andrew Burnaby Scoffs at Colonial Unity (1760) 110 2. 2. Loyalist writers might have gained greater popular support had they shown a better understanding of the forces that were energizing the resistance movement. . necessarily prevent its being a potent state. The new married Couple are now gone to their seat in the country.2 As a counterpart to this, I find that Mrs Burwell of James River was buried a few days ago; that Geo. But then, according to this familiar narrative, everything slowly turned sour, and within a few years the new monarch and his supporters in Parliament managed to alienate Americans who pledged their undying loyalty to Great Britain while at the same time protesting, often by rioting in port cities, the notion that a legislature in which they had no representation could force them to pay taxes. Of course, no colonists wanted to pay taxes on their favorite drink. 4. Andrew Burnaby Scoffs at Colonial Unity (1760). In this situation, emboldened and discontented people forge new solidarities. They guarded the frontier from nova scotia to South Carolina, but this was actually a fault because it was a big wide-open area. 1. It established precise dates for the cessation of the importation of British goods. The next day we returned to colonel Washingtons, and in a few days afterward to Williamsburg (Burnaby, Travels description begins Andrew Burnaby. Pontiac believed that the English did not care about them- they were pushed around by the British. What had occurred in Boston amounted to little more than a small perturbation within a secure imperial regime. The Clash over States' Rights (1780s-1820s), 4. Francis Bernard, royal governor of Massachusetts during the 1760s, proposed a clever way to address the problem of frustrated ambition. A Boston Journal Attacks Jackson (1832), 3. By providing the reader with a broader perspective of what was happening throughout America in 1776, Saunt illustrates that our collective understanding of what constituted America at that time tends to be remarkably limited and that colonial struggles were multi-faceted, depicted here in a series of snapshots of our lands history that challenge, complicate, and clarify our conception of what America was. Taylor, Q. Jr. (n.d.). -Thurs. He seemed to possess the kind of toughness needed to pacify rebellious colonists. William Brownlow Scolds the Secessionists (1861), F. Abraham Lincoln Defines the Purposes of the War, 3. That did not happen. The interpretive challenge turns on how we define the moment of transition. The revolutionaries who came forward in 1774 would have found it hard to understand modern Americans who define liberty as the right to do whatever they please during a time of national crisis even though they know that their self-indulgence threatens the welfare of the larger community. The "Paradise" at Brook Farm (c. 1846), 3. During the period of 1800-1855, Americas idea to expand territory succeeded in events such as the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Indian Removal Act. George Catlin Dreams of a National Park to Preserve the Indian Way of Life (1832), 3. Everyone in Boston expected Parliament to punish the city for this brazen attack on private property. What were the causes and consequences of the War of 1812? By 1820, settlers had moved well beyond the Mississippi River, and as years passed it was evident that the west was increasing much more rapidly than the rest of the nation. Not surprisingly, an army of occupation served only to further enflame the populace. The Colonial Era of our sovereign nation illustrates the virtues that embody the American spirit: diligence, resilience, courage, and bravery. 0000001156 00000 n Washington's. But I saw insuperable causes of weakness, which will. More disconcerting, the legislation created widespread unemployment in Boston, where many poorer residents worked on the docks. Burnaby Scoffs at Unity (1760) Guided Reading Questions. Virginia Resents . 3. Dean Josiah Tucker Advises a Divorce (1774) 122 James Fenimore Cooper Castigates Parties (1838), 2. These Indigenous used various political, economic, and military efforts to fight off conquerors. 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