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I helped create a unique American Identity by giving Americans the idea that they should be able to sell their goods where they could obtain a higher profit. Americans began to smuggle things without paying taxes and caused a conflict with Britain, which would help spark the American Revolution.

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I helped create a unique American Identity by forcing the Americans to obey a series of laws called the Navigation Acts in the 1650's. Because of this, America got into a conflict with Britain, and later would separate completely from Britain.

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I helped create a unique American Identity by spreading knowledge and newspapers. Because newspapers were printed weekly, everyone had the chance to read them. The newspapers included calendars, dates of holidays, times of sunset and sunrise, advise on farming, and many many more.

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I helped create a unique American Identity by showing the emphasis of education, and why it was needed. I also tied in religion with education, and taught one of the best known scientists, Benjamin Franklin, whose ideas would pave the way for the colonies and the revolution.

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I helped create a unique American Identity by influencing colonial life with religion. Because of me, I gave more political freedom and greater religion in the colonies. I also united the North and South, and I paved the way for political ideas and revolutionary fervor. Also, the emphasis for education in the colonies grew, and belief that everyone is equal.

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I helped create a unique American Identity by appointing a governor, and influencing others to grant citizens rights and privileges. We also gave others the right to vote and gave America independence, and their right to speak in what they thought was right.

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I helped create a unique American Identity by giving American colonists the idea to elect people to make fair laws and make government affairs.

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I helped create a unique American Identity by giving English people protection against unjust treatment or punishment. Because of me, by the 1600's the English people had legal rights, such as a jury, which was not very common elsewhere.

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I helped create a unique American Identity by influencing colonial leaders and American Colonists to make a government that is based on the social contract between people and the rulers. Using natural laws, which could be reinforced with human reason, I believed that God created an universe governed by agreed laws.

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I helped create a unique American Identity by educating other citizens that reason was more reliable than faith or tradition. I used reason to change society, and establish ones individual rights to liberty.