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That was just a dispute about taxation. January 10, 1776 was when the clarion call sounded.
by wdkrnls 3y ago
That was just a dispute about taxation. January 10, 1776 was when the clarion call sounded.
- jmsdnns 3y agoYes! That is how I think of it too. They had crossed the chasm and the second adoption bump was starting to explode. 1776 is also the year Adam Smith published Wealth of Nations, and Thomas Paine published Common Sense.
- dabluecaboose 3y agoThe battles of Lexington and Concord were not (directly) about taxation. It was over confiscation of militia cannons and other weapons.