Beard was right to focus on the interests behind the American Revolution, but identified the relevance of these poorly. The key underlying issue was westward expansion.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1292123734912856064 …
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Sure, but it was the main driving force. See: http://clipsnbits.blogspot.com/2016/06/what-was-point-of-american-revolution.html?m=1 …
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One thing I think is overlooked (and the pandemic might change how people think) is how deadly new world diseases were to immigrants at the time. Basically you took a big risk and expect a reward (land ownership) breaking that deal broke the whole system. They even restarted it.
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