It was twisted into that later. America is fond of doing things like that. Their knowledge of history is about 90% Hollywood.
It’s not that I doubt you, but even Britannia say it was more about taxation.
The
American Revolution was principally caused by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them during the
French and Indian War (1754–63). Britain did this primarily by imposing a series of deeply unpopular laws and taxes, including the
Sugar Act (1764), the
Stamp Act (1765), and the so-called
Intolerable Acts (1774).
The American Revolution (1775–83) was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies, which won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and many...
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Regardless, whether
the American revolution,
Rome and taxation
Constant wars and overspending had significantly lightened imperial coffers, and oppressive taxation and inflation had widened the gap between rich and poor. In the hope of avoiding the taxman, many members of the wealthy classes had even fled to the countryside and set up independent fiefdoms.
At the same time, the empire was rocked by a labor deficit. Rome’s economy depended on slaves to till its fields and work as craftsmen, and its military might had traditionally provided a fresh influx of conquered peoples to put to work.
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The French Revolution and let them eat cake.
The Bolsheviks and czars
Nazis and the working class
Trump and his support base
Populism and it’s support base
Ford and Pierre and their support bases.
There are reoccurring underlying themes.
/points to oh so much, can start with the hollowing out of the US, Canada/Central Ontario, the working class ( might mention unions), the wealth gap. And more.
And it’s pretty obvious, despite being more educated these days, the majority of the electorate, especially the left who seem to want to stick their heads in the sand and do little more than belittle them, let alone act before it’s too late, has not in fact learned from history and we are heading there again, if not on the doorstep and doomed to repeat it.
