No taxation without representation desu
Was it justified?
Landon Miller
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Charles Gonzalez
Ayden White
Every war is justified to some extent
It's the winners that paint it to be justified or not.
Angel Green
Regardless of the moral justifications, it was sort of necessary. If America hadn't rebelled its western border would probably have remained the Appalachians.
Robert Adams
No reproduction without copulation desu.
Thomas Rodriguez
No, it was stupid.
They rebelled just because of some measly taxes, when Britain paid taxes to protect their ass against the French.
If that rebellion was just, then the secession of the Confederacy is too.
Adam Anderson
>Was it justified?
Not completely.
The real question is "does that matter?", and the answer to that is no.
Mason Peterson
now you have the idea.
Jackson Williams
>taxation without representation
>what is Puerto Rico
especially interesting when you compare the Puerto Rican population with the smaller US states
Eli Gonzalez
They actively choose to not become a state specifically to avoid paying federal tax, though. Fuck having an all-latino state in the union anyway, California is bad enough.
Justin Cooper
The American Revolution was a force of nature. The taxes were only the catalyst not the cause.
Isaiah Moore
Puerto Rico is a state of leeches
Adam Mitchell
>Was it justified?
It was after they won. You don't need a justification when you have force.
Ryder Perez
edgy
Colton Flores
The interests and the colonies and England simply diverged. It's as simple as that. Thinking it was some high minded ideal that spurred the revolution just muddies up the true issues.
Cooper Phillips
Puerto Rico is actively fighting to become a US state.
Lucas Powell
here, have a fun little illustrated video by some taig about the american war of independence
Chase Powell
we should sell them to germany
Liam Watson
Justification is a political issue and improve that board.
Andrew Price
For the common American colonist, no.
For the American elite, it's the most wildly successful tax evasion scheme in all of history.
Josiah Brown
Yes, it was justified, and the only downside to the revolution is that we didn't finish the job and expel the Union Jack from the continent. I'm fucking looking directly at you Canada.
Ethan Diaz
Yes it was justified. Taxation without representation is indistinguishable from tribute. It doesn't matter that the taxation was light or that the tea dumped at the Boston tea party was going to be sold very cheaply. If someone takes Monet from you and you have no say in how it is used; call it what you like: tribute,taxation, protection money,stealing; it's all the same.
Jackson Brooks
No, it was treason.
Louis XVI learned the taste of karma.
Brandon Gomez
Kill yourselves you dumb niggers
Jason Morris
What a well thought out argument...
Jace Nelson
I'm going to sound a little bit like a Marxist here, but from what I gather it was really just a war between rich landowners wanting more power from their rich landowner overlords across the ocean.
From the point of view of political participation, sovereign self-determination, etc. for those who had the means to seize these, I'd say it was justified. But for the vast majority of non-landowning men it really didn't make much of a difference.
Carson King
Go on...
Parker Phillips
Bullshit. If the British had their way then Americans would never had settled beyond the east coast. The proclamation of 1763 forbid settlement beyond Appalachians. This land was what the lower class in america needed to move up a rung on the ladder. All they had to was steal it from the indians.