A friend of mine, inspired by our Independence Day celebrations, wrote “…we Declared our Independence from England partially to get away from heavy taxation and decreasing civil liberties.”
It’s a common refrain: Britain taxed us too much, so we left. If only bad old England hadn’t taxed us so much.
But the thing is, that’s not true. While taxes were certainly a part of the complaint, they weren’t a major complaint.
I’m not going to do a complete history of the Revolutionary War – I’d be posting for MONTHS. No, this is just addressing the root causes of the war. That is, I’m going to tell you just WHY we “Declared our Independence from England.”
