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Originally Posted by bmcgowan13
Huh...all because of tariffs on the tea we imported for China.
Interring concept...
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The Revolutionary War is often painted as the glorious American Patriots, vs the mean old English Tax man. The truth is somewhere in the middle, probably leaning toward England, who treated the Colonies fairly well.
It was almost strictly a "Tax Revolt", as the colonists were ****ed that England raised taxes to pay for the recent French-American War ... that England financed on behalf of the colonies.
Revolutionaries are often revered when they win and vilified when they lose.