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Cake day: February 16th, 2025

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  • At the time of the revolution, the colonists were paying only 10% the tax that English residents were. Taxes were a bit of a figleaf. More important was the “tyranny” of the King refusing to override the elected government’s decision to uphold the treaties with the native Americans and forbid westward colonial expansion.













  • Yup. Those collapsibles were stowed on the roof, with pulleys on the funnel guy wire to allow them to be lifted off. Either the crew didn’t know this or they couldn’t find the correct tackle for the operation.

    The biggest issue seems to be that the passengers weren’t convinced the ship was actually going down, and were reluctant to sail the Atlantic on the tiny boats.