You are an astute world citizen, your worship.

Not all of the drunken, violent Bostonians were idiots...[sm=badbadbad.gif]


http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/related/sons.htm

 

So I see, Spirit - they were all philatelists.......
I quote :
In the early months of 1766 there was such chaos that many of the royal governors had gone into hiding. The Sheriffs and Militia that they might have counted on to keep the peace were mostly members of the Sons of Liberty. Governors were afraid to unlock the weapons stores. Few royal troops were available and they were vastly outnumbered in any case. The Sons of Liberty had displaced the royal government in nearly every colony. The Stamp Act Congress had concluded its business, but there was little hope that its petition to Gr. Britain would be heard. Correspondence between the various groups began, toward the mutual support and defense of the cause. It was expected that eventually British troops would land and attempt to reassert control. So it was that the first efforts to unite the colonies were not undertaken by their respective legislatures, but by these independent radical groups. The various Sons throughout the colonies began to correspond and develop a larger organization.
So, in summary, you became a Republic because you didn't like English stamps ?

 

lol essentially. For a period of fifty years, British Parliament purposely chose not to enforce taxes on trade (salutary neglect), in an attempt to boost volume. Profits were good, and the colonies did well. Well enough to become drunk and petulant (this is America, after all ).

So when Parliament finally says, hey, we're losing money, the French are being ********, we're going to add a tax of 3p per bushel of sugar... a few American merchants freak out and refuse to pay. Britain then tried act after act after compomise after compromise...all to no avail. The snot-nosed American bilge rats would have none of it. The King really did try to work things out... god save him.

The truth is fascinating, to me, the USA did not arise from the ashes of injustice as most of its inhabitants think...

 

^^^

How many times have I tried to tell you all ...


"We"re the good guys!!" ;-) ..lol


Jules

 

Good Guys, Jules ? Uh Uh, no way.I'll PM the response to you, as it's too inflammatory for this arena !

 

Oh crap!! [] ..lol

Jules

 

Wow did we take this thread on a serious detour LOL

Post it up Shadow, we have thick skin here. Hell we have another post dedictated to dead cats.

 

I'd post it up, Teeks, but it's fairly political, as well as being historical, and I think the Mod's would jump all over it - I'll PM it to you.

 

Gotcha

 

I vote that the understatement of the year but you guys don't realize how great a politician I'd make .. it was done so well you guys never even noticed the flag question was dodged .. sweet! [X(]