Introduction : a lawyers' revolution -- "The worst instrument of arbitrary power" -- "The alienation of the affection of the colonies" -- "My dear countrymen rouse yourselves" -- "A right which nature has given to all men" -- "That these colonies are ... free and independent states" -- Conclusion : the legacy of the lawyers' American Revolution.
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