text: Yeah, back when most of our territory was a British Colony, we had to pay tax and support British soldiers in our homes but were not allowed to vote.  We wanted to run our own lives.  They taxed our tea, which really pissed us off, so we dumped a boatload in Boston Harbor.  (I think they were afraid the common people would want the tea more than the boycott the rebels wanted on the tea, personally.)  \n\nThe British came to fight us and Paul Revere rode a horse up the coastline warning the people that they were on their way.  The British wore bright red uniforms which was not the best forest camouflage.  Our people fought from behind trees. Their people at home weren't sure they really wanted to kill us as much as we were willing to fight to be free.  Ultimately, we won.