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Why was fighting the American revolution important for the colonists?

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Because of popular sentiment spurred by the book Common Sense as well as popular movements against acts such as the Grenville Acts and the Intolerable Acts, the colonists generally agreed that the British monarch was oppressing their natural rights and showing tyrannical tendencies.

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Because they needed to protect their home and regain their freedom
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