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Originally Posted by dalem
I was yammering with a buddy about the AWI, and we were discussing books (I recommend Benson Bobrick's "Angel in the Whirlwind" very highly.
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Always on the hunt for a good read. I'll look for it. Recent?
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I was thinking that maybe if the Stamp Tax had been better presented or received, for instance, the whole thing could have blown over.
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Good point. The Crown was trying to defray the high cost of protecting the colonies from the French during the French-Indian war and thought the taxes they'd levied were a pittance. I think what rankled the colonists was lack of representation in Parliament. The colonists were ungrateful wretches.
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A Holy Roman Bayou!
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lol..good one.
