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SmarterthanYou
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did the framers intend to have their new government regulate their firearms after having their old government try to take them away?
SmarterthanYou
rebel
you really are that fucking dumb, aren't you? what do you think the shot heard round the world was about?
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord
On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. Many more battles followed, and in 1783 the colonists formally won their independence.
evince
Truthmatters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
Causes[edit]
Main article: American Revolution
Disputed control over taxation[edit]
The close of the Seven Years' War in 1763 saw Great Britain triumphant in driving the French from North America, but heavily in debt. Britain's national debt at the end of the war had doubled to £130,000,000 and the annual cost of the British civil and military establishment in America in 1764 was £350,000, five times the cost of 15 years earlier.[28] In part due to the policy of Salutary Neglect, whereby smuggling in the colonies had for over a century been tacitly accepted, the cost of running the colonies was four times higher than the total taken in revenues.[29] London therefore decided upon a more vigorous approach by clamping down on avoidance of customs duties. It also passed a number of new taxes.
Parliament passed the Stamp Act in March 1765, which imposed direct taxes on the colonies for the first time. This was met with strong condemnation among American spokesmen, who argued that their "Rights as Englishmen" meant that there could be "no taxation without representation"—that is direct taxes could not be imposed on them by Parliament because they lacked representation in Parliament.[30] Civil resistance prevented the Act from being enforced, and organized boycotts of British goods were instituted. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act as inexpedient, but also passed the Declaratory Act, which stated, "the said colonies and plantations in America have been, are, and of right ought to be, subordinate unto, and dependent upon the imperial crown and parliament of Great Britain."[31] In 1767 Parliament passed the Townshend Act in order to demonstrate its supremacy. It imposed duties on various British goods exported to the colonies. The Americans quickly denounced this as illegal as well, since the intent of the act was to raise revenue and not regulate trade.[32]
In 1768 violence broke out in Boston over attempts to suppress smuggling and 4000 British troops were sent to occupy the city. Parliament threatened to try Massachusetts residents for treason in England. Far from being intimidated, the colonists formed new associations to boycott British goods. In March 1770 five colonists in Boston were killed by panicky soldiers in the Boston Massacre, sparking outrage.[33] That same year Parliament agreed to repeal all taxes except the one on tea. The landing of this tea was resisted in all the colonies and, when the royal governor of Massachusetts refused to send back the tea ships in Boston, Patriots destroyed the tea chests.[34]
Crisis[edit]
This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor"; the phrase "Boston Tea Party" had not yet become standard. Contrary to Currier's depiction, few of the men dumping the tea were actually disguised as Indians.[35]
Nobody was punished for the "Boston Tea Party" and in 1774 Parliament ordered Boston Harbor closed until the destroyed tea was paid for. It then passed the Massachusetts Government Act to punish the rebellious colony. The upper house of the Massachusetts legislature would be appointed by the Crown, as was already the case in other colonies such as New York and Virginia. The royal governor was able to appoint and remove at will all judges, sheriffs, and other executive officials, and restrict town meetings. Jurors would be selected by the sheriffs and British soldiers would be tried outside the colony for alleged offenses. These were collectively dubbed the "Intolerable Acts" by the Patriots.
Although these actions were not unprecedented (the Massachusetts charter had already been replaced once before in 1692), the people of the colony were outraged. Town meetings resulted in the Suffolk Resolves, a declaration not to cooperate with the royal authorities. In October 1774 an illegal "provincial congress" was established which took over the governance of Massachusetts outside of British-occupied Boston and began training militia for hostilities.
Meanwhile, in September 1774 representatives of the other colonies convened the First Continental Congress in order to respond to the crisis. The Congress rejected a "Plan of Union" to establish an American parliament that could approve or disapprove of the acts of the British parliament. Instead, they endorsed the Suffolk Resolves and demanded the repeal of all Parliamentary acts passed since 1763, not merely the tax on tea and the "Intolerable Acts". They stated that Parliament had no authority over internal matters in America, but that they would "cheerfully consent" to trade regulations, including customs duties for the benefit of the empire.[36] They also required Britain to acknowledge that unilaterally stationing troops in the colonies in a time of peace was "against the law". Although the Congress lacked any legal authority, it ordered the creation of Patriot committees who would enforce a boycott of British goods starting on December 1, 1774.
This time, however, the British would not yield. Edmund Burke introduced a motion to repeal all the Acts of Parliament the Americans objected to and waive any rights of Britain to tax for revenue, but it was defeated 210–105. Parliament voted to restrict all colonial trade to Britain, prevent them from using the Newfoundland fisheries, and to increase the size of the army and navy by 6,000. In February 1775 Prime Minister Lord North proposed not to impose taxes if the colonies themselves made "fixed contributions". This would safeguard the taxing rights of the colonies from future infringement while enabling them to contribute to maintenance of the empire. This proposal was nevertheless rejected by the Congress in July as an "insidious maneuver", by which time hostilities had broken out.
Internal British politics[edit]
During this time the British did not present a united front toward the American Patriots. The Parliament of Great Britain at this time was informally divided between conservative (Tory) and liberal (Whig) factions. The Whigs generally favored lenient treatment of the colonists short of independence while the Tories staunchly upheld the rights of Parliament. The Whigs felt that the Tory policies were pushing Americans to rebel, while the Tories thought Whig leniency (such as repealing the Stamp Act) was doing the same. Many Whigs freely associated themselves with the American Patriot cause, which Tories thought were encouraging the Americans in their resistance. The result was that, although Lord North's Tory government usually had a Parliamentary majority, a large Whig minority opposed it and constantly criticized its policies.[37] Meanwhile, Whig commanders in America such as Sir William Howe and his brother Admiral Howe came under the suspicion of Tories and Loyalists for not vigorously prosecuting the war effort.[38]
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Causes[edit]
Main article: American Revolution
Disputed control over taxation[edit]
The close of the Seven Years' War in 1763 saw Great Britain triumphant in driving the French from North America, but heavily in debt. Britain's national debt at the end of the war had doubled to £130,000,000 and the annual cost of the British civil and military establishment in America in 1764 was £350,000, five times the cost of 15 years earlier.[28] In part due to the policy of Salutary Neglect, whereby smuggling in the colonies had for over a century been tacitly accepted, the cost of running the colonies was four times higher than the total taken in revenues.[29] London therefore decided upon a more vigorous approach by clamping down on avoidance of customs duties. It also passed a number of new taxes.
Parliament passed the Stamp Act in March 1765, which imposed direct taxes on the colonies for the first time. This was met with strong condemnation among American spokesmen, who argued that their "Rights as Englishmen" meant that there could be "no taxation without representation"—that is direct taxes could not be imposed on them by Parliament because they lacked representation in Parliament.[30] Civil resistance prevented the Act from being enforced, and organized boycotts of British goods were instituted. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act as inexpedient, but also passed the Declaratory Act, which stated, "the said colonies and plantations in America have been, are, and of right ought to be, subordinate unto, and dependent upon the imperial crown and parliament of Great Britain."[31] In 1767 Parliament passed the Townshend Act in order to demonstrate its supremacy. It imposed duties on various British goods exported to the colonies. The Americans quickly denounced this as illegal as well, since the intent of the act was to raise revenue and not regulate trade.[32]
In 1768 violence broke out in Boston over attempts to suppress smuggling and 4000 British troops were sent to occupy the city. Parliament threatened to try Massachusetts residents for treason in England. Far from being intimidated, the colonists formed new associations to boycott British goods. In March 1770 five colonists in Boston were killed by panicky soldiers in the Boston Massacre, sparking outrage.[33] That same year Parliament agreed to repeal all taxes except the one on tea. The landing of this tea was resisted in all the colonies and, when the royal governor of Massachusetts refused to send back the tea ships in Boston, Patriots destroyed the tea chests.[34]
Crisis[edit]
This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor"; the phrase "Boston Tea Party" had not yet become standard. Contrary to Currier's depiction, few of the men dumping the tea were actually disguised as Indians.[35]
Nobody was punished for the "Boston Tea Party" and in 1774 Parliament ordered Boston Harbor closed until the destroyed tea was paid for. It then passed the Massachusetts Government Act to punish the rebellious colony. The upper house of the Massachusetts legislature would be appointed by the Crown, as was already the case in other colonies such as New York and Virginia. The royal governor was able to appoint and remove at will all judges, sheriffs, and other executive officials, and restrict town meetings. Jurors would be selected by the sheriffs and British soldiers would be tried outside the colony for alleged offenses. These were collectively dubbed the "Intolerable Acts" by the Patriots.
Although these actions were not unprecedented (the Massachusetts charter had already been replaced once before in 1692), the people of the colony were outraged. Town meetings resulted in the Suffolk Resolves, a declaration not to cooperate with the royal authorities. In October 1774 an illegal "provincial congress" was established which took over the governance of Massachusetts outside of British-occupied Boston and began training militia for hostilities.
Meanwhile, in September 1774 representatives of the other colonies convened the First Continental Congress in order to respond to the crisis. The Congress rejected a "Plan of Union" to establish an American parliament that could approve or disapprove of the acts of the British parliament. Instead, they endorsed the Suffolk Resolves and demanded the repeal of all Parliamentary acts passed since 1763, not merely the tax on tea and the "Intolerable Acts". They stated that Parliament had no authority over internal matters in America, but that they would "cheerfully consent" to trade regulations, including customs duties for the benefit of the empire.[36] They also required Britain to acknowledge that unilaterally stationing troops in the colonies in a time of peace was "against the law". Although the Congress lacked any legal authority, it ordered the creation of Patriot committees who would enforce a boycott of British goods starting on December 1, 1774.
This time, however, the British would not yield. Edmund Burke introduced a motion to repeal all the Acts of Parliament the Americans objected to and waive any rights of Britain to tax for revenue, but it was defeated 210–105. Parliament voted to restrict all colonial trade to Britain, prevent them from using the Newfoundland fisheries, and to increase the size of the army and navy by 6,000. In February 1775 Prime Minister Lord North proposed not to impose taxes if the colonies themselves made "fixed contributions". This would safeguard the taxing rights of the colonies from future infringement while enabling them to contribute to maintenance of the empire. This proposal was nevertheless rejected by the Congress in July as an "insidious maneuver", by which time hostilities had broken out.
Internal British politics[edit]
During this time the British did not present a united front toward the American Patriots. The Parliament of Great Britain at this time was informally divided between conservative (Tory) and liberal (Whig) factions. The Whigs generally favored lenient treatment of the colonists short of independence while the Tories staunchly upheld the rights of Parliament. The Whigs felt that the Tory policies were pushing Americans to rebel, while the Tories thought Whig leniency (such as repealing the Stamp Act) was doing the same. Many Whigs freely associated themselves with the American Patriot cause, which Tories thought were encouraging the Americans in their resistance. The result was that, although Lord North's Tory government usually had a Parliamentary majority, a large Whig minority opposed it and constantly criticized its policies.[37] Meanwhile, Whig commanders in America such as Sir William Howe and his brother Admiral Howe came under the suspicion of Tories and Loyalists for not vigorously prosecuting the war effort.[38]
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evince
Truthmatters
after we at war asshole
USFREEDOM911
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
When you said "many", I asked you to clarify and you ran like a dog with his ass on fire.
Like liberals are wont to do; you just threw out a comment, because it FELT good, and then when challenged, you folded.
Anything you offered, after my presentation of the FACTS, is nothing more then you trying to backpedal and juggle at the same time; because if you had anything of substance, when you were challenged, you could have and should have shown it.
But you had nothing and therefore had nothing to support your ASSertion.
Please don't compound your failure, by continuing to attempt to show you knew anything about what you presumed.
USFREEDOM911
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
Neither did Althea, until the FACTS smacked him right in his face.
USFREEDOM911
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
why do you ignore the fact that they do......
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
lol.....while you're at it STY, prove there was an American revolution.......
Of course this "dumb downed" Alinsky liberal has never heard of acts of law passed by the British in 1774 leading up to the revolution.....these laws combined were called "Coervice Acts" of English Parliament. There were 4 such laws or acts legislated by Britain specifically at the American Colonies. 1. Boston Port Act June 1, 1774 2. Quartering Act June 2, 1774 3. The Administration of Justice Act May 20, 1774 4. Massachusetts Governing Act May 20, 1774.
Nope....Britain did not attempt to take arms away from the American Colonies....naval blockades that "embargoed" all weapons and powder going to the Colonies...never happened. Nor did Britain take away the right of the US colonies to govern themselves and never made dictatorial edicts requiring all colonists "Register" their weapons and limit the number and type of guns and the amount of ammo each colonists might have....If one was suspected of belonging to one of the rebel groups...there was no due process, one lost any and all rights to gun ownership because they were ACCUSED.
Trump will take care of those useless laws, just the way Obama circumvented Congress....the precedence has been established. Trump will simply write an executive order requiring everyone to prove who they are before they can exercise their right to vote. Its simple, easy peasy. Its now precedent. Let's see if the democrats in congress stand up and give Mr. Trump an ovation when he circumvents their authority to make law...like they did when Obamy said, with or without congress. I shall await patiently. 
But me thinks the hypocrisy will abound.
Really who needs congress any more? We have King Trump....all hail King Trump and his executive pen. This will be just like the Nuclear Option in the Senate that Harry Reid was always threatening....all it will take to pass conservative law is 50 + 1 just like Obama care passed the senate. Its now precedent. Enjoy. Obama Care is now history...the same procedure of 50 + 1 will soon end this unpopular law. Its over....done....Closed. Karma is a bitch on steroids. You demwits did not see this when you were dismantling 1/3 of the US economy. You assumed you would be in power forever...wrong.
But me thinks the hypocrisy will abound.
Really who needs congress any more? We have King Trump....all hail King Trump and his executive pen. This will be just like the Nuclear Option in the Senate that Harry Reid was always threatening....all it will take to pass conservative law is 50 + 1 just like Obama care passed the senate. Its now precedent. Enjoy. Obama Care is now history...the same procedure of 50 + 1 will soon end this unpopular law. Its over....done....Closed. Karma is a bitch on steroids. You demwits did not see this when you were dismantling 1/3 of the US economy. You assumed you would be in power forever...wrong.
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ID's are REQUIRED
buy cigarettes
buy alcohol
open a bank account
apply for a loan
apply for food stamps
apply for welfare
apply for medicaid
apply for Social Security
apply for a job
apply for unemployment insurance
get a passport
buy a house
apply for a mortgage
drive a car
rent a car
buy a car
fly on an airplane
get married
purchase a gun
collect lottery winnings
rent a hotel room
apply for a hunting license
apply for a fishing license
buy a cell phone
pick up a prescription
give blood
buy an "M" rated video game
but not to vote.....one of the most cherished and important rights an American citizen has.
does that make sense to sane people ?
buy cigarettes
buy alcohol
open a bank account
apply for a loan
apply for food stamps
apply for welfare
apply for medicaid
apply for Social Security
apply for a job
apply for unemployment insurance
get a passport
buy a house
apply for a mortgage
drive a car
rent a car
buy a car
fly on an airplane
get married
purchase a gun
collect lottery winnings
rent a hotel room
apply for a hunting license
apply for a fishing license
buy a cell phone
pick up a prescription
give blood
buy an "M" rated video game
but not to vote.....one of the most cherished and important rights an American citizen has.
does that make sense to sane people ?
Buckly J. Ewer
Racism Whistleblower
You are a fucking racist asshole...
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
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Buckly J. Ewer
Racism Whistleblower
You are a fucking racist asshole...