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To: moonshot925

Sorry, but that has to hold some sort of record for sheer empty-headed reasoning.

The Treaty of Paris of 3 September 1783 is more than 7 years after the colonies announced their secession from Britain, and it has no bearing on what King George thought about it in 1776.

I’m sure that even you are capable of understanding that King George disagreed with American secession, to the point of waging a major war to prevent it from happening.

So try again to sell the idea that secession from the British Empire was a ‘right’ acknowledged by London, not that you’ll be able to come up with something better than that last gem.


169 posted on 06/25/2012 3:53:28 PM PDT by Pelham (Amnesty for Illegals, a bipartisan goal of the Stupid Party and the Evil Party)
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To: Pelham

George Washington is a hero to us and a traitor to the British. It is a matter of opinion.

IMHO he had every right to rebel.

The British tried to pay off the massive debt they accumulated during the Seven Years War by taxing the American colonies.

First there was the Sugar Act in 1764.

Then there was the Stamp Act in 1765.

Then there was the Tea Act in 1773.


180 posted on 06/25/2012 4:26:02 PM PDT by moonshot925
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