interesting things I learned about the American revolution from Durant's summary of the war from Britain's perspective last night
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5. didn't catch the details but at one point in the run-up to the war South Carolina wanted to limit slave imports and Britain overruled them because it was far too lucrative to give up eat shit
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re: (1), here's a speech from Pitt--worth reading to get a sense of the anti-war faction's disposition https://www.bartleby.com/268/3/24.html
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Burke's speech is also excellent his section on the American temperament and especially religious disposition relative to England is extremely interesting and worth weighing in These Timeshttps://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Burke%27s_Speech_on_Conciliation_with_America/Speech …
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possible correction on population huuuhhttps://twitter.com/thehorsepundit/status/1329807596425981955?s=19 …
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Well, if we'd eventually gotten representation in Parliament, maybe. :P
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I was told this is why Britain was opposed to representation in Parliament for the North American colonies. They knew that it would eventually wreck the power balance
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Most estimates, iirc, put both populations at roughly 2 million higher than these figures; 8 million for Britain and 2.5-3 million for the colonies.
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roughly the reverse of today's ratio
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We got ratiod by time
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