American "Revolution"? Fought for by aristocrats and lead to little major political change. Boston "Massacre"? Five people dead, less than shootings today. British "tyranny" upon elite American colonists? A tax exclusively on tea, not literal genocide like they did to India and others

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    4 years ago

    Dunmore's Proclamation was what brought guys like Washington, Madison, Jefferson, and Patrick Henry into the American Revolution. The Brits were openly challenging their position as slave-owners.