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The two kinds of 'British Bad' from the former colonies (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean when you are on board with the genocide💁

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For real, their complaint of “royal tyranny” was that the King refused to overrule the elected Parliament’s law against genociding the native Americans.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 17 points 4 months ago

The royal proclamation of 1763 was not a major factor in tensions in the colonies.