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| Tango01 | 23 Oct 2022 9:27 p.m. PST |
… the American Revolution
"In the years after the French and Indian War, Britain's strategies to keep its Native American alliances sometimes backfired.
In depicting only well-to-do white men, Trumbull ignored something like 95 percent of the people who participated in the American Revolution. Indians, slaves, small farmers, and women of all ranks played important roles when American colonists broke free of British control. In some cases, ordinary Americans very directly influenced the actions of the Founding Fathers. One little-known example involves a law Parliament passed two hundred fifty years ago. The Stamp Act, which took effect on November 1, 1765, was one of Britain's most famous encroachments on colonial freemen's rights. Its purpose, however, is little understood…" Main page link Armand |
| doc mcb | 24 Oct 2022 2:56 a.m. PST |
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| dbf1676 | 24 Oct 2022 4:26 a.m. PST |
Apparently "little known" and "most famous" in the same sentence. |
| Stryderg | 24 Oct 2022 7:26 a.m. PST |
I guess if no one knows that it's the most famous example, then he would be correct. Come-on man, throw the guy a bone. |
| Tango01 | 24 Oct 2022 4:04 p.m. PST |
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is a big fan of the Age of Sail, and these ships really speak to him - he loves transitional eras, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars was one of those.