"No taxation without representation". If the colonies got representatives in Parliament, that flag would look mighty different.

And, which was largely fought (and won) in a way that dramatically benefitted the colonists.

Ever wonder why there are so many places with French names just slightly inland from the original 13 US colonies have French names?

• Bayou La Batre, Decatur, Lapine, Leroi, Mon Louis, Dauphin Island, etc. Alabama
• Louisville, Paris, Versailles, Montpelier, etc. in Kentucky
• Leroy, Napoleon, Montpelier, Saint Croix, etc. in Indiana
• Bellaire, Bellefontaine, Louisville, Marietta, etc. in Ohio
• Dubois, Duquesne, Labelle, Fort le Boeuf, Eau Claire, etc. in Pennsylvania
• The name "Michigan" itself (originally Ojibwe, but interpreted into French), and a whole lot of parts of that state, including Detroit
• Ozark (aux arcs), Benoit, Bellefontaine, D'Iberville etc. in Mississippi

New France went from the Gulf of Mexico north, included all the Great Lakes, and kept going up to Hudson's Bay. American settlers couldn't go west without entering New France, so England fought a war to allow the expansion west. It won that war. The resulting treaty gave the British colonists in the Americas a huge amount of territory they could expand into, leaving only a small amount behind for France and its native allies.

The British colonists in the Americas were asked to help pay for the war that gave them that opportunity to expand west, and they rebelled. And then, after the rebellion, they decided they didn't need to abide by the terms of the British treaty with the French and took over most of the remaining land that France had been left after that war.

Didn't the boston tea party start because they lowered the price of legally imported (and thus taxed) tea, undermining smugglers?

It really depends on what you're getting in return. If your taxes paid for your healthcare and education, things would be different

Jokes on you.

They're boring, loud, and pointless.

I don't mind going to an actual coordinated show at a local beach, but every individual douchebag just shooting them off in their backyard for funsies is a fucking loser.

I can only speak for myself, but I do think fireworks should be much more regulated. Each year 10,000 people get hurt from fireworks in the US alone, and it's pretty horrible for the environment. I do appreciate the cultural importance, so I don't think completely banning them is the solution, but I think it would be much better if there were just a few organized firework shows, and no more fireworks for private use.

If you've seen one, you've seen them all.

Unless someone can invent the real equivalent of the fireworks Gandalf usef in the LoTR movie, I'm not interested.

If you have a dog or a cat, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out why some people don't like fireworks

I have pets and any firework related holiday I have to hole up with them all night to comfort them. And that's just on the days I know they will have them, basically all of autumn and winter have dickgeads randomly setting off fireworks for god knows what reason. It's hell

I distinctly remember writing some report about taxation without representation, thinking it was some super important American principle. I was real confused when I learned about Puerto Rico

alot of schools

Listen pal, I wish you were in front of me. Me and my two buddies would take you on, 5 to 1.