re: #322 HappyWarrior

I somewhat subscribe to that but I do understand why they didn’t like the British parliament imposing their taxes. Now that said, it’s nowhere near as glamarous as people make it out to be. And from what I remember from my class on the revolution, they still saw themselves as loyal British subjects well into the 1770’s. The American revolution no doubt is an important world event but it wasn’t a radical change like the French one was later. King George III also was far from the absolute monarch he’s made out to be. British monarchs ceased to be absolute monarchs long before King George III became king.

There were a lot of issues. What they opposed wasn’t so much taxation as taxation without representation. The colonies had no voice in parliament and as a result were getting shit on (in a lot of ways, it’s similar to what’s been happening to Puerto Rico recently). And there was some concern in the southern colonies that parliament might outlaw slavery in the Empire.