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Hey everybody! I'm stuck with the illfated debate project, where I am actually assigned to defend the British and say that America started the Revolutionary War, and that Britian was in the right. Ergo, I'm looking for any and all good debate points on both sides! Preferrably, however, I need points to defend and support Britian in the war!

Hey everybody! I'm stuck with the illfated debate project, where I am actually assigned to defend the British and say that America started the Revolutionary War, and that Britian was in the right. Ergo, I'm looking for any and all good debate points on both sides! Preferrably, however, I need points to defend and support Britian in the war!
You're fucked :up:

More seriously...we had no right to go, it was just a matter of us winning that made it legal...

after all the time effort and money britain put into the development of the colonies and THEN they decide that "no taxation without representation" is a good reason to revolt??

for god's sake they paid less tax than the average citizen in britain proper
AND they got the protection of the best army in the freaking world.
what more could a colony WANT?

so some freaking malcontent debtors like SAM ADAMS decide to revolt (mostly so he didnt have to pay his debts)

they had AT BEST 30% of the populace behind them. they enforced their revolution with a reign of terror that made the average colonist stay home and shut up about supporting the crown

britain had a DUTY to protect the 70% of colonists who did not want revolution. if they hadnt underestimated the difficulty of the task, and perhaps if the king hadnt been ...well...indisposed... they would have crushed the rebellion and put the colonies back on track where the vast majority of colonists wanted them to be.

after all the time effort and money britain put into the development of the colonies and THEN they decide that "no taxation without representation" is a good reason to revolt??

for god's sake they paid less tax than the average citizen in britain proper
AND they got the protection of the best army in the freaking world.
what more could a colony WANT?

so some freaking malcontent debtors like SAM ADAMS decide to revolt (mostly so he didnt have to pay his debts)

they had AT BEST 30% of the populace behind them. they enforced their revolution with a reign of terror that made the average colonist stay home and shut up about supporting the crown

britain had a DUTY to protect the 70% of colonists who did not want revolution. if they hadnt underestimated the difficulty of the task, and perhaps if the king hadnt been ...well...indisposed... they would have crushed the rebellion and put the colonies back on track where the vast majority of colonists wanted them to be.

They didn't call him Mad King George for nothing.

He thought America was a small island between England and France, which was why he sent so few troops.

Important thing is: taxation without representation. The colony used this as the 'excuse' to start their revolution. Of course, look at the proportion of america's current population that pay taxes, but aren't represented...

Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&client=firefox-a&q=american+revolution+loyalists&btnG=Search) is always helpful...