Why the United States was founded.

[U.BeeN.StryKeD]

This country was founded because taxes were too high. Taxes were raised to pay for the war.

That is one of the most ignorant statements i have ever read. Do some research. People came to this country to escape a large plethora of problems, high taxes was among them, but NOT the main reason folks started flooding the "New Land". The biggest contributor to people loading into boats and heading for the "western world" was because of Religious Persectution. People were being hanged, stoned, beheaded, everything under the sun because of their religious beliefs, and this country gave people a place to go to practice and celebrate their religions openly, freely, and without concequence. That was the biggest reason people started making their way to the US.

Also, it wasnt necessarily the high taxes that forced people out of Europe, it was more Taxation without Representation. Alot of the people that came here were at or below the poverty line, and noone from their sect of life was making or drafting laws in Europe, thus they felt they were being taxed by people that didnt even know/understand them, and certainly didnt represent the way that they felt.

Another reason people fled to this country was to escape the poverty that they were living in. Many of them died trying, but im sure glad they tried.

[CoDeX]

That is one of the most ignorant statements i have ever read. Do some research. People came to this country to escape a large plethora of problems, high taxes was among them, but NOT the main reason folks started flooding the "New Land". The biggest contributor to people loading into boats and heading for the "western world" was because of Religious Persectution. People were being hanged, stoned, beheaded, everything under the sun because of their religious beliefs, and this country gave people a place to go to practice and celebrate their religions openly, freely, and without concequence. That was the biggest reason people started making their way to the US.

Also, it wasnt necessarily the high taxes that forced people out of Europe, it was more Taxation without Representation. Alot of the people that came here were at or below the poverty line, and noone from their sect of life was making or drafting laws in Europe, thus they felt they were being taxed by people that didnt even know/understand them, and certainly didnt represent the way that they felt.

Another reason people fled to this country was to escape the poverty that they were living in. Many of them died trying, but im sure glad they tried.

The Colonist declared independence from Great Britain because they were being taxed heavily without any representation in Parliament.

BTW I said why the country was founded not why people came here.

[Sethrigal]

The Colonist declared independence from Great Britain because they were being taxed heavily without any representation in Parliament.

and on that note the Revolutionary war was only supported by 1/3 of the population, those people were extremists, the other 2/3's didn't mind the British or simply just didn't won't war... one hell of Democracy, wasn't it?

[Pink Floyd]

Colonists settled in America to avoid religious persecution. Federalists established the constitution after fighting Taxation without Representation. I don't feel like arguing. More like flaming...

=D

[Blue]

The Colonist declared independence from Great Britain because they were being taxed heavily without any representation in Parliament.

BTW I said why the country was founded not why people came here.

He is right thou, this country was founded for for religious freedom. Any history text book would tell the same thing.

[CoDeX]

He is right thou, this country was founded for for religious freedom. Any history text book would tell the same thing.

Did religious people write those text books?

I'm making a separate thread for this. Done

[Sethrigal]

Did religious people write those text books?

I'm making a separate thread for this. Done

Most non college level text books are written by religious people, College text books basically don't sugercoat history to make it favorable towards the reader, IE religion just becomes the "over lie" for most events in the world... so the world sucks and the lies over the lies... well they're most likely lies also, for a simple example see: "people are bastard coated bastards with bastard filling and covered in a bastard glaze"

[U.BeeN.StryKeD]

Dude, I dont care what you read, the MAIN REASON this country was founded was to escape religious persectution, yes, taxation without representation was a part of it, but not as much a part as religious freedom. look it up.

People were being tortured, and having their family members raped over religious beliefs. it was one of the main contributing factors to the formation of this country.

And now racial profiling and religious profiling are amoung the worst problems in this country, slightly ironic when you think about it. Answer this question, if you got on an airplane, and three men walked on and sat in front of you, wearing clothes that would be categorized as "islamic" and they had beards, and headcoverings, would you feel worried?

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the country was founded when the pilgrims came here, the pilgrims came here to escape religious persecution, case in point, the country was formed to escape religious persecution.

[Sethrigal]

Dude, I dont care what you read, the MAIN REASON this country was founded was to escape religious persectution, yes, taxation without representation was a part of it, but not as much a part as religious freedom. look it up.

People were being tortured, and having their family members raped over religious beliefs. it was one of the main contributing factors to the formation of this country.

And now racial profiling and religious profiling are amoung the worst problems in this country, slightly ironic when you think about it. Answer this question, if you got on an airplane, and three men walked on and sat in front of you, wearing clothes that would be categorized as "islamic" and they had beards, and headcoverings, would you feel worried?

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the country was founded when the pilgrims came here, the pilgrims came here to escape religious persecution, case in point, the country was formed to escape religious persecution.

ok then what did the pilgrims do to the natives over religion... yeah people don't talk much bout that do they

[Blue]

ok then what did the pilgrims do to the natives over religion... yeah people don't talk much bout that do they

What we did to the Native Americans was more less we wanted their land.