But note that David Frum was a while back citing Charles I as a warning to Donald Trump, in a veiled warning that he may want a similar fate for POTUS.
Seriously, that comment would have deserved more of a violent blowback from what it got. Do not threaten to arrest or kill foreign dignitaries.
The British had protected them from the French. It's likely that the British were contributing more to the colonies than they collected in taxes.
Not really, no. The French never really posed any significant military threat in North America. They were, at best, a check on colonial expansion. Even then, the Colonial Militias were doing a lot of the fighting
It's likely that the British were contributing more to the colonies than they collected in taxes.
"We make money from trade, not taxes. Let the Americans tax themselves." one of the few intelligent people in Parliament during the American Revolution. Mercantalism is how Britain made money, not from taxation.
Seriously, that comment would have deserved more of a violent blowback from what it got. Do not threaten to arrest or kill foreign dignitaries.
Not really, no. The French never really posed any significant military threat in North America. They were, at best, a check on colonial expansion. Even then, the Colonial Militias were doing a lot of the fighting
"We make money from trade, not taxes. Let the Americans tax themselves." one of the few intelligent people in Parliament during the American Revolution. Mercantalism is how Britain made money, not from taxation.
Nah.