Sunday, August 14, 2011

Just a few simple questions about King George's time and stuff?

This all centres around "no taxation without representation". America was having to pay tax to Britain, but had no representation in the British Parliament and hence no say in how much was demanded or what it was spent on. The argument from the British side was that there was virtual representation as at that time, only 3% of British people (the richest) had the right to vote anyway. However, America had no representation at all so this was a flimsy argument.

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