05-02-2008, 02:55 PM
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| Partisan Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles Gender:  Posts: 10,692 Country:  Points: 34,611, Level: 100 | Level up: 0%, 0 Points needed | | Quote:
Originally Posted by waitingtables 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. Doggone it darn right you betcha bless your heart maverick |