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Now that it's the fourth of july, it's once again time for me to be pretentious about history, so if anyone wants to hear me rant about why the american revolution was bad actually and most of the american education on history is just blatant propaganda, just ask
Okay both people I talked to said I should make a thread so here goes. It is super long though, so if you tap out here, no hard feelings
It all started with a daddy's boy by the name of george washington
His father was a high ranking british officer, so he was given the rank of major in the british army despite having no combat experience (1/a bunch)
His father was a high ranking british officer, so he was given the rank of major in the british army despite having no combat experience (1/a bunch)
The french were building forts on the edge of their territory and the english's, so the british army sent ol georgie to oversee the building of their own fort
On the way there he encountered a small contingent of french soldiers having lunch (2/I'm sorry)
On the way there he encountered a small contingent of french soldiers having lunch (2/I'm sorry)
Even though there was no war going on, he ordered his troops to fire from the trees without even trying diplomacy
He massacred them
A man who clearly wasn't a soldier runs up to them shouting in english that he's a diplomat and they were sent on a mission to deliver a letter (3/?
He massacred them
A man who clearly wasn't a soldier runs up to them shouting in english that he's a diplomat and they were sent on a mission to deliver a letter (3/?
that would ease the tensions between the french and the english
George washington took the letter and then had the man executed
He fucked up building the fort, got most of his men killed by the french when they attacked in retaliation, and was sent back with a declaration of war
George washington took the letter and then had the man executed
He fucked up building the fort, got most of his men killed by the french when they attacked in retaliation, and was sent back with a declaration of war
for killing the french diplomat
George washington single handedly started the french and indian war
England then sent their entire military to protect the colonies and basically bankrupted themselves in doing so, even though they won the war
George washington single handedly started the french and indian war
England then sent their entire military to protect the colonies and basically bankrupted themselves in doing so, even though they won the war
Now the colonies were notorious for not paying taxes
John adams, the founding father, was the most notorious for avoiding taxes by basically being a smuggler
So england, in an attempt to recoup their losses from the war, passed the sugar tax on america
John adams, the founding father, was the most notorious for avoiding taxes by basically being a smuggler
So england, in an attempt to recoup their losses from the war, passed the sugar tax on america
This LOWERED the tax on sugar, but made it harder to smuggle it
This is what started revolutionary fervor
A lower tax to stop them from being criminals
Then the boston tea party happened, and the taxes kept increasing, but at the HEIGHT of all the taxes on americans, it was still
This is what started revolutionary fervor
A lower tax to stop them from being criminals
Then the boston tea party happened, and the taxes kept increasing, but at the HEIGHT of all the taxes on americans, it was still
only roughly half what the average british citizen paid in taxes
All that nonsense about taxation without representation is bullshit
Americans were mad they could no longer basically pirate things and leech off the empire without paying anything back
All that nonsense about taxation without representation is bullshit
Americans were mad they could no longer basically pirate things and leech off the empire without paying anything back
At the same time, many plantation owners, our boy thomas jefferson included, were in a panic
You see, abolitionist movements were gaining traction in britain
There was now the threat of slavery being outlawed
Did you ever wonder why the slaves escaped north to canada,
You see, abolitionist movements were gaining traction in britain
There was now the threat of slavery being outlawed
Did you ever wonder why the slaves escaped north to canada,
which was still part of the british empire when we learned about the underground railroad?
The american revolution was not a fight for freedom and democracy, it was an attempt to keep their ill gotten riches and protect slavery
And american history just glazes over that
The american revolution was not a fight for freedom and democracy, it was an attempt to keep their ill gotten riches and protect slavery
And american history just glazes over that
They would have you think we just drafted the constitution up right after the revolutionary war, but first we had the articles of confederation, which was so fucking terrible that there were THREE fucking revolutions that america had to put down before they wrote the constitution
But since america is so young we don't have the foundation of hundreds of years of history, we're too fragile for that
We cannot accept our faults, we need to idolize them and revere shitty terrible people
That's why textbooks in texas called slaves "special helpers" for a decade
We cannot accept our faults, we need to idolize them and revere shitty terrible people
That's why textbooks in texas called slaves "special helpers" for a decade
The american education system is not interested in educating, it's interested in brainwashing
Somehow convincing us that we're great, and we've never lost a war, cause vietnam was a stalemate really, don't look at the korean war or the war of 1812
Somehow convincing us that we're great, and we've never lost a war, cause vietnam was a stalemate really, don't look at the korean war or the war of 1812
where the canadians burned down the white house and we consider that a "tie"
No america is great, it's the best country in the world!
So shoot some fireworks, buy war bonds, enlist in the military
It's what the founding fathers fought for
No america is great, it's the best country in the world!
So shoot some fireworks, buy war bonds, enlist in the military
It's what the founding fathers fought for
It's fucking stupid and it makes me terribly mad
I'm so sorry this is so long
I'm so sorry this is so long
