Reply #83: Oppressor's propaganda and actual history are two different things.

[kgnu_fan]

You seems to be confused about historical facts with propaganda of oppressive conquerors and colonists. Please study more about what actually happened in this country and those facts can be found in libraries, not on TVs.

http://www.zmag.org/zvideo/3322
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUS_oh4XeU

Three Holy Wars
by Howard Zinn

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Who actually gained from that victory over England? There were people who gained, no question about that. But it is very important to ask, especially if you are considering a war or evaluating a war, who gained what and differentiate between the different parts of the population about who benefited from a certain policy. That's one thing we're not accustomed to doing in this country because we don't think in class terms. We think we all have the same interests. We all have the same interests in independence from England. We did not all have the same interests.

Do you think the Indians cared about independence from England? No. In fact, the Indians were unhappy that we won independence from England because England had set a line - the Proclamation of 1763 - had set a line and said you cannot go westward into Indian territory beyond this line. They didn't do it because they loved the Indians. They didn't want trouble, right? When England was defeated in the Revolutionary War that line was eliminated. Now, the way was opened for the colonists to move westward across the continent, which they did for the next 100 years, committing massacres and making sure that they destroyed Indian civilization. So, you can say, when you look at the American Revolution, you can say, hey, there's a fact you have to take into consideration.
Indians, no, didn't benefit.