• MortUS@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    To get out from under The British Empire, which is pretty understandable during the time period.

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      6 minutes ago

      Not very understandable. Britain had become a new and particularly liberal democracy by this point. The colonists were paying much less tax than their cousins back home, and “The Empire” didn’t really get started until after the Americans had revolted anyway.