Jefferson’s list of grievances largely recycled his Virginia preamble with Massachusetts-based additions

Evidence

To borrow statutes (even whole codes) was easier to do. Partly for this reason, some colonies had influence on other colonies. Legal skill was a rare commodity. Newer settlements simply borrowed laws from older neighboring colonies. Virginia, in the South, and Massachusetts Bay, in the North, were major exporters of laws. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 498 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial statute borrowing made Massachusetts and Virginia legal exporters — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 498

Broader Connections

• Colonial statute borrowing made Massachusetts and Virginia legal exporters #exemplifies (0.85) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 498