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1) American colonists did not have the same rights as citizens who actually lived in Great Britain.
2) The colonies were not allowed to send representatives to Parliament.
3) They could not vote on issues and taxes directly affecting them.
The idea that Descartes did contribute to the Scientific Revolution was logic and mathematics that could figure out the uncertainties of existence. Rene Descartes was considered a modern philosopher and published Discourse of Method which was standard of scientific method.