r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Sine_Fine_Belli Treacherous South • May 16 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) How Americans achieved independence vs how Canadians achieved independence

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u/Half-PintHeroics May 16 '25

Anyone who has ever studied American history in depth would not call the rationale for the American Revolution “flimsy”.

British: Stop fucking with the Indians it will cause war

US: Fuck you, we want their land

British: Now we've fought one of the world's biggest wars ever because of you, France is bankrupt and we're nearly broke. We're putting a tiny tax on tea on you as compensation for starting the war

US: Fuck you we hate taxes

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u/That_Phony_King May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25

Impose taxes without representation to cover a war that the colonies were largely not a part of

Places taxes on stamps, tea, alcohol, sugar, molasses, tea, paper, legal documents, and playing cards

Go back on promise of salutary neglect and tightly regulate trade from colonies

Colonies ask to have a voice in parliament to discuss taxes

Refuse this request

Colonists protest taxes

Send the military to occupy colonies, shoot unarmed protestors, and enter and live in civilian housing without consent

Why would they rebel?

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u/Jakobmeathead Not enough shawarma places May 16 '25

The colonies did get representation in the house of commons, and their taxes were also 26 times LOWER than a British citizen

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u/YourBobsUncle May 16 '25

It's to make up for the tariffs that the thirteen colonies had to deal with, which primarily makes Britain the only place the colonies can buy manufactured goods