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The colonists responded by turning the elite movement of the wealthy into a common movement of the people. The colonists went on to band together to fight the British.
The wealthy elite initiated the American rebellion. The ordinary colonists responded by turning the elite movement into a mass movement.
The first colonists were English settlers, wealthy landowners from the west indies, and enslaved Africans.
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Many colonists had become wealthy at a time when Britain did not have much wealth.
Many colonists had become wealthy at a time when britian did not have much wealth.
Most "filles du roi" were orphans or of very modest origin - except for a few tens of them who destined themselves to marry officers or wealthy colonists. Their dress was then most probably modest and sober, not the kind you would see depicted on paintings.
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many colonists had become wealthy at a time when Britain did not have much wealth
Many colonists had become wealthy at a time when Britain did not have much wealth.
enslaved africans