The Importance Of Brits

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“We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign state.” Dear fellow Americans, the British are out here stealing our ships, our goods and our people! These ignorant Brits need to be taught a lesson and learn some manners. The only way that we can do that is to, simply, declare war. They have continued to supply their, own, navy with our population simply because their people, themselves, will not do it. These people are forcing our brothers, husbands, cousins, or uncles to work for their selfish ways as in working for their navy. While our brothers are working, the British runoff trading with Native Americans, providing them with their own weapons so that the Native Americans can attack us. This attacking, and awful

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