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Old 05-02-2008, 02:55 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Gary, I was referring to George III. And his oppressive taxation and his armies being quarted among the population. Among other things. I know you crazy Brits still think he was grand and all, but we don't.

Actually one-third of the colonists supported the Crown in 1776, and a substantial percentage of British supported the colonists' desires for independence.

And we were a bit distracted colonising one third of the earth's population.
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