Originally posted by Airscrew
I didnt forget about the French-Indian war, it wasnt brought up as part of the discussion...
you might need to explain this...
please tell me how we had more freedom under England's rule...
I'm sure you meant, In My Opinion... but maybe you can explain how you came to this conculsion...
For the French and Indian war, Britain spent a lot of money on defending us. We did fight ourselves, but the manpower and resources expended by britain were unmatched by the Americans. They taxed us for this, but just by itself, the amount taxed was very paltry. Then you consider how much the King taxed his own people on the UK, and it comes in several times higher than ours.
We did have more freedom. England really didn't control what we did. At least, not any more so then the controls set under the Constitution.
To really understand how the founding fathers cared little for freedom, you need to follow the process we took to start the revolution.
Like the taxes I explained. Or even the "Boston Massacre." By the name alone, you'd think a roving band of British Troops were killing everyone in sight. But in reality, it was a roving band of Boston thugs that attacked a squad of British Troops. After having attacked the british soldiers, a few soldiers (possibly accidentally) shot into the crowd of attackers. Two bostonians died.
Every single reason listed for going to war was a twisted sack of propaganda that ultimately led to the war, and our independence from the king. Of course, we then set up a dependence on our representatives almost immediately.
