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22. When the British defended the colonies against rebels

Tue May 7, 2024, 06:10 PM

May 7

who did not have the support of the majority and were determined to impose their will on their fellow colonists by force.

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Just out of curiosity, when the British invaded the colonies, [View all] unblock May 7 OP

I don't think they even had journalistic ethics back then... ExciteBike66 May 7 #1

Yeah funny, they actually oppose tyranny back then. Go figure. unblock May 7 #3

LOLOLOL!!! elleng May 7 #2

Ha! unblock May 7 #8

British regulars ITAL May 7 #27

John Adams wrote Wednesdays May 7 #4

If they had today's media back then, unblock May 7 #5

Well, if you were too "anti-establishment", yagotme May 7 #7

Who owns the ink decides what stinks IA8IT May 7 #6

There were reporters awaiting the British at the airports. n/t Harker May 7 #10

Ha! Right, how could I forget unblock May 7 #11

I don't believe there was a British Invasion until the Beatles C_U_L8R May 7 #12

Well you know, you better free your mind instead... unblock May 7 #13

note: the brrittish didn't really invade, they were already here..... getagrip_already May 7 #14

The Beatles were 150 years late, then. Igel May 7 #30

Newspapers in America were historically incredibly partisan Sympthsical May 7 #15

Lincoln shut down over 300 newspapers. former9thward May 7 #17

Yep Sympthsical May 7 #21

That's how an "s" inside a word was configured in printing. marybourg May 7 #26

It's not an f, grumpyduck May 7 #28

It's called a long s Emrys May 7 #31

When the British defended the colonies against rebels DavidDvorkin May 7 #22

The British didn't "invade" the colonies Docreed2003 May 7 #29

Thank you GenThePerservering May 7 #32