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The Crown did not heavily tax the colonials. Bone evidence showed that the colonials worked like dogs and died young.

• nrr 8d ago
  > The Crown did not heavily tax the colonials. Huh, did they not? After the Seven Years' War, the Currency Act of 1764 received assent, and it functionally required that public debts be paid in hard money. Unless I'm remembering incorrectly, this was a little hard to come by in the colonies. > Bone evidence showed that the colonials worked like dogs and died young. I'd be interested to see the anthropological chain of inference for this.
  • WalterBright 8d ago
    I've read many accounts of the Revolutionary War, and the colonials were mostly offended by sending their money to England. Any tax seems heavy if the proceeds do not benefit the taxpayer. > I'd be interested to see the anthropological chain of inference for this. I read it many years ago. Sorry, I don't have a reference. I regret not having a photographic memory.
    • nrr 7d ago
      > Any tax seems heavy if the proceeds do not benefit the taxpayer. I dunno, man. Caesar asks for his money, and I just give it to him. I don't really have much of a say. > I regret not having a photographic memory. That's fine. I don't have a photographic memory either; I just have a few boxes of 3x5 notecards and accompanying topic/source indices in a notebook.