Revolution.

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• DudleyMason@lemmy.ml ⁨55⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Lol, imagine thinking it was actually anything at all to do with taxation and not the clear signals that Britain intended to outlaw slavery in the colonies and not just in Britain proper.

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• gastroglizzy@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s a gross oversimplification of a very complex era of history.

  The people weren’t represented when taxes were levied. Taxes were calculated based on what England needed to pay back its debts, not based on what the colonists could afford. The colonists were taxed more heavily than people in England, even though they didn’t ask to go over there. England asked them to colonize, as favor, knowing the Spanish and the French were already there and claiming territory. The war wasn’t a surprise, they basically sent them over knowing a war was very likely. Their reward for all of that was higher taxes with no representation in parliament. The colonists tried many rounds of negotiations and only resorted to revolution after England refused to budge at all on negotiations, stopped returning letters, and levied even higher taxes in repose to negotiation attempts.

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    (just wanted to say thanks for the informative post)

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  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The British chose to tax the productive members of society instead of those who benefitted, in a nutshell. I’m not sure how much the landed gentry could afford, though; they seem to be constantly on the edge of bankruptcy due to a variety of factors not excluding their profligate spending.

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• nullify3112@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Fun part is that France never financially recovered from this and then also had a revolution

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• Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They didn’t want to pay for an overpriced subscription service to “elite” soldiers who didn’t know the land or understand the style of warfare. Plus, they didn’t want to abide by treaties that would stop them from aggressively expanding and killing natives just because they couldn’t afford that subscription service. So they clicked “unsubscribe” but you know how hard it is to unsubscribe from these things.

  The whole thing is very ironic though, because after Britain wracked up massive war debts fighting over a colonial border squabble and then lost all the colonies trying to pay those debts, France wracked up massive war debts supporting the colonists, with the aim of weakening the British, and trying to raise taxes to pay those debts is how the king got his head chopped off.

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• prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  The Seven years war that Washington played a huge role in starting.

  Not that it wouldn’t have happened anyways, but he pulled a Mr. Bean about it.

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• joyjoy@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  And team up with the French!

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• PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not sure if I’m supposed to feel bad for the colonizing nation or the people doing the colonizing on their behalf. I’m gonna go with neither

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• RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Posts like these make me want to grab a musket and go redcoat hunting.

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• Ramsesder13te@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As I always say taxevasion is the most American thing ever.

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  • Soulphite@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No sir, tax evasion is very much illegal and WILL be persued… tax avoidance; however, is the most American thing and is perfectly legal.

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    • Ramsesder13te@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think starting a Revolution was also very much illegal.

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• skunk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Tail wagging the dog now lol

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• MoonManKipper@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I see no shitpost

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