For real, their complaint of “royal tyranny” was that the King refused to overrule the elected Parliament’s law against genociding the native Americans.
They were stamps as in they were stamped into paper. The stamp act 1765 was about that. Basically anything printed in america had to be printed on paper from london. That paper had a stamp embossed on each sheet.
I mean, to be fair, they wiped a high enough percentage of the locals in NA off the map that your meme is about stamps and sugar instead of the genocide that happened.
Closer to "divide and conquer" then treat the native people like subhumans and extract everything of value. Note that the "American" in this meme is a colonist not a native.
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Kennystillalive@feddit.org · 27 pts · 328d
I mean when you are on board with the genocide💁
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 18 pts · 328d
For real, their complaint of “royal tyranny” was that the King refused to overrule the elected Parliament’s law against genociding the native Americans.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 16 pts · 328d
The royal proclamation of 1763 was not a major factor in tensions in the colonies.
ManixT@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 328d
I don't think they taxed stamps, they were tax stamps on goods indicating that taxes have been paid (to people they didn't want to pay taxes to).
teft@piefed.social · 7 pts · 328d
They were stamps as in they were stamped into paper. The stamp act 1765 was about that. Basically anything printed in america had to be printed on paper from london. That paper had a stamp embossed on each sheet.
mod_pp@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 328d
Kenya imagine?
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 328d
Uganda be kidding me with that joke.
zloubida@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 328d
That Irish! You're doing the same thing!
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 328d
This guy Israeli scraping at the bottom for puns.
DarkSirrush@piefed.ca · 12 pts · 328d
I mean, to be fair, they wiped a high enough percentage of the locals in NA off the map that your meme is about stamps and sugar instead of the genocide that happened.
Karjalan@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 328d
The people who mad about tea and sugar are not the same as the genocided ones.
DarkSirrush@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 328d
...that was my point.
Karjalan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 328d
Ohhh.. Sorry, my dyslexia took over and I misinterpreted what you said 😅
Steve@startrek.website · 6 pts · 328d
“Discover” “new” land, kill everyone who lives there.
Standard operating procedure really.
Sergio@piefed.social · 4 pts · 328d
Closer to "divide and conquer" then treat the native people like subhumans and extract everything of value. Note that the "American" in this meme is a colonist not a native.
youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 328d
AND TEA
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 328d
WHAT
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 328d
Actually, usually we are doing the clenched hands meme with the center being hating the British.