The two kinds of 'British Bad' from the former colonies Early Modern Period (~1600 AD) 19th Century History (media.piefed.social)
 
The two kinds of 'British Bad' from the former colonies

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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I don't think they taxed stamps, they were tax stamps on goods indicating that taxes have been paid (to people they didn't want to pay taxes to).

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    They were stamps as in they were stamped into paper. The stamp act 1765 was about that. Basically anything printed in america had to be printed on paper from london. That paper had a stamp embossed on each sheet.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean, to be fair, they wiped a high enough percentage of the locals in NA off the map that your meme is about stamps and sugar instead of the genocide that happened.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The people who mad about tea and sugar are not the same as the genocided ones.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    “Discover” “new” land, kill everyone who lives there.

    Standard operating procedure really.

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Actually, usually we are doing the clenched hands meme with the center being hating the British.

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