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From: "Mountain Curmudgeon" <>
Subject: Re: [1776] Re: Unidentified subject!
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 11:22:41 -0500


Yeah the British ministry messing with Colonial politics was a big part of
the war. One has to remember also that the common pioneer of 1775 was, like
many today, subject to being led somewhat by press coverage and even
West(ern) Virginia settlers were inflamed by the news coverage of the
Intolerable Acts






>From: "Bob KNOTTS" <>
>To:
>Subject: [1776] Re: Unidentified subject!
>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:48:10 -0700
>
>I have a KNOTTS relative in MD who is in a historical Society . He was
>tellimg me that one of the big causes of the revolutionary war was that
>England would not allow fair competition between the colonials and the
>farmers and merchants in England. Sounds like good old politics that
>backfired. Again, the little people, like the small farmers, just wanted to
>be left alone to raise their crops. If you were a poor person during
>colonial times, I doubt if you had much say in what went on. Bob K in PHX,
>AZ
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mountain Curmudgeon" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 5:05 AM
>Subject: Unidentified subject!
>
>
> > In response to Bill L's comments on American Revolution-L about respect
>and
> > Germans etc. I think the same applies everywhere. Germans in the US
>whom
>I
> > have known are a generous and friendly lot for the most part. And if you
> > respect natives anywhere you will be accepted in return. Hang on John,
>the
> > relevant part is coming ;>).....In the 1770s here in the Tygart Valley
>Col.
> > Crawford (a man who was by no means a sissy) was sent by George
>Washington
> > to survey a large tract of land and he wrote back to Washington "I would
> > rather not run any lines in the Tygart Valley as the people are
>particularly
> > contentious there". Why? Lack of understanding between different
>classes
> > and possibly even condescention on Crawford's part. Washington wanted
>to
> > patent the whole valley and sell or rent it. The illegal settlers (my
> > ancestors) wanted to pick out a small tract of land and carve out a
>living
> > for their families. We were taught in elementary school(or at least one
>got
> > the general feeling) that the Revolution was fought over poor, oppressed
> > common folk trying to throw off the yoke of an oppressive aristocracy. I
> > think (just my humble opinion) that in reality it was one aristocracy
> > (Dunmore) fighting another aristocracy (Washington, Jefferson, Randolph
> > etc.) for control. At least in Virginia. The people of the Tygart
>Valley
> > probably would not have cared much one way or another if not for
>inflamatory
> > press coverage coming from Williamsburg and the fact that Henry Hamilton
>had
> > sent Indians in here with a bounty on their scalps. Just my thoughts
>for
> > what they are worth. Likely very little.
> >
> > P.S. To those of you who got carbon copied this message: I am using
>this
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> > frankenstein one for other communications as I check it more regularly.
> >
> >
> >
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