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The British wanted tea and the Colonials wanted coffee. Independence had little to do with it.
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Fun Fact: The colonies would have never rebelled if the British Empire had given them representation in parliament. The taxes were fine, being treated like complete shit by the government and not being allowed to have any representation in it was what broke the camels back.
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Shut it, Melissa.
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It was a war over teeth-brushing policies.
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The US still liked tea you -blam!-ing retarded piece of shit. They just didnt want the taxes you dum -blam!-.
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It was over dat ass.
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I thought the Americans wanted a just and responsible set of political and economic systems? It didn't work out that way. We kinda did exactly what we were told not to do.
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It was Americans wanting to be edgy and 'cool' because all the other kids were doing it, obviously.
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Independence was simply a byproduct of the tea/coffee schism.
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It was about the colonists calling themselves 'patriots' when they were anything but.
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m8 dats sum gr8 b8
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It was about sugar cubes.