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From your own reference….
“The British point of view is not difficult to grasp. The Seven Years’ War had been terribly costly. The TAXES asked of the American colonists were lower than those asked of mainland English citizens. The revenue raised from taxing the colonies was used to pay for their own defense. Moreover, the funds received from American colonists barely covered one-third of the cost of maintaining British troops in the 13 colonies.
The Americans, however, saw things through a different lens. What was the purpose of maintaining British GARRISONS in the colonies now that the French threat was gone? Americans wondered about contributing to the maintenance of troops they felt were there only to watch them.
True, those in England paid more in taxes, but Americans paid much more in sweat. All the land that was cleared, the Indians who were fought, and the relatives who died building a colony that enhanced the British Empire made further taxation seem insulting.”
Keep trying Steve…..
[quote=”sweikert925″]You two are woefully ignorant of your own country’s history. The revolution was not about taxation, but about the lack of representation in parliament for American colonists. The [url=http://www.ushistory.org/us/9b.asp]taxes paid by American colonists was inn fact signficantly lower than that paid by British citizens in Britain[/url].[/quote]
Attempting to change the topic? Nice try, Steve, but it didn’t work. The issue that sparked this conversation was your incessant complaining about others complaining. The Boston Tea Party was brought up as an example of people “complaining”. We weren’t discussing taxation or representation. If you want to discuss that, please start a new thread.
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