Examples Of Colonial Propaganda

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My personal opinion it was type of colonial propaganda and colonists didn’t really understand what is going on. My research shows that colonists were offered the seats in the Parliament by several Ministers, but colonists declined it. So the claim: “no taxation without representation” is kind of wrong or false. As well, research shows that the tax imposed by British Empire was the lowest, I think Great Britain deserved a little financial aid in a form of the tax.
The loyalist, Joseph Brant (Thayendengea), was a Mohawk war leader, during the American Revolutionary war he was fighting on the side of the Great Britain. He was American-Indian, very educated and famous. He was falsely blamed for Cherry Valley and Wyoming Valley massacres, in fact,

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