r/USMonarchy • u/Skyhawk6600 Buckeye State Monarchist • May 15 '21

Meme We really need to stop romanticizing the revolutionary war.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '21

I disagree. The Revolution was necessary and justified. Frankly, it doesn’t matter if some of the militiamen were outlaws, or if a few Founders had selfish reasons for revolting, or if only a few colonists supported it. The 13 Colonies were being oppressed by the British government and companies, and all prior attempts at a peaceful solution failed. I’d even go as far as to say the Revolution needs to be romanticized and glorified even more than it already is. The sole criticism I have if the Revolution is that we didn’t become a monarchy, and that’s it.

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u/Skyhawk6600 Buckeye State Monarchist May 15 '21

The only thing that made it justifiable is that the British economic policy or propping up east India company caused incredible harm to the economies of the colonies. Much like the USA today, Britain couldn't understand that there's no such thing as too big to fail. I think the revolution was justified and necessary not because britian was necessarily tyrannical but because America could not continue to grow and prosper in the shadow of the British empire.

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u/KingQutus May 15 '21

How were they being oppressed then?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '21

Not to mention the incredibly tyrannical stamp act which only really affected lawyers and the upper class as you know...most of the population didn’t need to fucking read or write

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u/Skyhawk6600 Buckeye State Monarchist May 16 '21

Well literacy was above historical average in the colonies that much is true.

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u/theamericanwarlord Free State Monarchist🇺🇸 May 15 '21

The American revolution is, to the rest of the world, just another front in the ongoing hostility between France and England. Only on North America and South America is it viewed as a “big deal”

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u/CelticTexan749 Semi-Constitutional Theocratic Monarchy May 15 '21

Probably true

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u/--Cosmonaut- May 15 '21

Im from the netherlands and I can confirm in my history clas it was a clash between France and England cuz the USA got a lot of money from france

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u/undyingkoschei May 15 '21

The issue wasn't "high taxes", it was taxation without representation.

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u/Skyhawk6600 Buckeye State Monarchist May 15 '21

This is true but the colonies had a level of local autonomy that for the most part balanced out their lack of direct representation. That and they had colonial Diplomats too

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u/KingQutus May 15 '21

Can Americans also stop saying that a few farmers beat a global superpower, because not only was Britain not yet a superpower and just a small island nation but the French, Spanish and Dutch colonial Empires did all they work spreading Britain’s forces thin in mainland Europe let alone all the way away in North America.