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I kind of want a strip where Ireland tries to read Kid America a story while horribly drunk

@epic-pineapple-power that would be so awesome

@epic-pineapple-power Or while she/he's recovering from beatings.

Omg I'm dying, america is sooooooooo cute holding his eagle I just want to hug him!

Actually USA was treated the best out of all colonies and they rebelled because they felt victimized by having to pay (little) taxes.

@Sisu they did say no taxation without representation, so there is a motive and a cause for why they did it

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Yyyeah. The wealthy landowners (what we'd call the 1%ers today) were in favour of a revolution; paying the kings taxes actually made a difference to them. in 1775, most regular people in the Americas [u]didn't care[/u] about which flag flew overhead (they had more practical problems to care about). There were actually more loyalists (1/3rd) than separatists (1/5th).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHLHT-nbqHQ
(Really wish I could find you the rest of the segment on how the revolutionary army was formed. It's pretty interesting).

@Hinoron The other people who were in favor of a revolution were the smugglers- a war would mean that trade ships from England would stop, thus eliminating their competition and letting them increase prices. They were the ones primarily responsible for the Boston Tea Party.

@Sisu I think it was more of a hands-off approach that England had to the Thirteen Colonies. England was happy to live and let live, since administering far-away colonies directly in the age of sail was a pain, but they did this for so long that when they finally put their foot down it was considered a shock. Also, again, the flip side to not paying taxes in the colonies is not being represented.

i want a stuffed eagle..

@Neokroy same. Tbh who doesn’t??

that...that's actually really accurate. good job!

Eagle Plush has mega evolved.


also side note: The Boston Tea Party (the thing this comic was based on) was when 'the sons of Liberty' (a bunch of Americans) dressed up as Native Americans (thus the face paint and eagle's extra feathers) and threw boxes of tea into the ocean. AKA America's way of saying: "YOUR TAXES ARE BULLSHIT" D:< to England, (since the parliament was making the Americans pay the taxes for tea or something similar to that)

@potatoe4life Super American Eagle Plushie!

AMERICA!!! FUCK YEAH!!!!

@Ireadcomicsinclass haha... yeah, that is perfect revenge

@NeverForever Yes, it was Americas first real act of defiance against English rule. Those rough adolescent years.

It was a protest of the Stamp Act of 1765. It started with the French and Indian war which was basically just an extension of the Seven Years war. Until the French and Indian war, America was most independent (for example, colonies even printed their own money) and generally ignored by England. England was suffering from a lot of debt and need the money. Its debt basically doubled during war and England had to maintain a large standing army to safe guard the new territory it acquired from the French. Its answer was the stamp act which was basically a raise in taxes. Which never goes well.

Now I kind of want to see the SatW version of the American Revolution because #FamilyDrama

Baby America is cute