The colonists had an obligation to pay a large portion of the costs of the French and Indian War. The fact that they rebelled over this was traitorous.
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Wow that is the worst example of trolling I've ever seen on a forum
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The war was about so much more than that? Remember taxation without representation? Maybe the taxes were justified, but not without the colonists having a say
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Yeah, kind of like today, but rich white men just get the Republicans to lower taxes rather than starting a war.
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They are very good at starting wars, just not fighting in them. They get others to do their dirty work.