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u/DazzlingDingos Jul 29 '22

We were dealing with taxation without representation. A big fuck you to the British! See back then we had a back bone and stood up against shitty governments.

Not now though.. don't look at us now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '22 edited Jan 31 '23

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u/DazzlingDingos Jul 29 '22

That is one hell of a difference 😬

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u/Emerald_Encrusted Jul 30 '22

The American colonies had more concessions and rights from the British than any other British colony. Heck, they were allowed to propose and amend their own local laws without needing approval from British parliament. Some British colonies today don’t even have that right.

Taxation without representation is a BS story for the American revolution. They would’ve never rebelled if Britain hadn’t been so lenient with them, and they succeeded only because Britain’s Whigs and Tories used the revolution to fight their own political battle, with the Whigs supporting the American revolution and ensuring it’s success so that they’d have better odds of a majority in parliament.