@heerjeet In HS, in Texas, our patriotic American history teacher asked rhetorically if revolt was justified, & we all thought "Not really".
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@lukedones Glad to hear it. The other thing is King George was in his right to want Americans to pay taxes for their own defense. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet wouldn't a colonial defeat have negative affects on the rest of the Americas? or the prospects of republics in general?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Aside from q of what Brits wd have done if US were in empire, what about FX of revolt on modern republic creation & constitutions?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@heerjeet “Brits brought slavery, but had they kept profiting from plantations, would've abolished it.” Think we can call BS on thatThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I'm really sympathetic to your arguments, but I don't know *how* much better it'd be; UK used slave-produced cotton into 1860sThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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