Why did the Colonies Revolt?
When the colonies decided to essentially pull away from the English crown in the early 1770's there were a few things going on; one - the British were quartering troops in the colonies to makes sure they could control them, two - there was no formal representation for the colonies in England, three - selective taxation, four - less than 20% of the colonies citizenry wanted to leave the crown.
Now these are all rough representations of the 'why' of the eventual revolution of 1776, however, there are very odd parallels to modern America. One, many people feel as though they aren't represented in Congress, mainly because Congress has become party focused and not people focused. Another oddity is that we've now had two states say they'd like to either leave the Union or split from another State (Texas, and now "South California"). And now America seems more than happy on selective taxation, at least the majority of polls would say that Americans are fine with "raising cigarette taxes, taxing those making more than $250,000, raising taxes on those that produce oil" and so on. So this really begs the question, why did America revolt over 200 years ago? What would those individuals think of the nation that was raised?
Maybe we should take some time to look up the "Stamp Act" and relate some parallels to today. America seems to have done a 180 degree turn from what it set out to be, a Republic of the People by the People and for the People. It is now a media driven circus, where party lines mean everything and even if the individual in a party makes an absurd statement or action, the party blindly follows for the sake of not supporting the opposing party. We need to decide whether we, the silent majority, are more concerned with being Republican/Democrat or living a life in the pursuit of Happiness.
American, you really need to analyze why we're here and what direction we plan on going.
Now these are all rough representations of the 'why' of the eventual revolution of 1776, however, there are very odd parallels to modern America. One, many people feel as though they aren't represented in Congress, mainly because Congress has become party focused and not people focused. Another oddity is that we've now had two states say they'd like to either leave the Union or split from another State (Texas, and now "South California"). And now America seems more than happy on selective taxation, at least the majority of polls would say that Americans are fine with "raising cigarette taxes, taxing those making more than $250,000, raising taxes on those that produce oil" and so on. So this really begs the question, why did America revolt over 200 years ago? What would those individuals think of the nation that was raised?
Maybe we should take some time to look up the "Stamp Act" and relate some parallels to today. America seems to have done a 180 degree turn from what it set out to be, a Republic of the People by the People and for the People. It is now a media driven circus, where party lines mean everything and even if the individual in a party makes an absurd statement or action, the party blindly follows for the sake of not supporting the opposing party. We need to decide whether we, the silent majority, are more concerned with being Republican/Democrat or living a life in the pursuit of Happiness.
American, you really need to analyze why we're here and what direction we plan on going.
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