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> However, they were fighting for an extremely immoral cause, which the 1776 Revolutionaries were not really doing

Didn't the British make a deal with the natives to not expand west?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763

That deal happened 2 years before the revolution. If you read the declaration of independence you'll find that it is very critical of that proclamation:

> The History of the Present King of Great-Britain is a History of repeated Injuries and Usurpations, all having in direct Object the Establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted [...] He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States; for that Purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their Migrations hither, and raising the Conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

It wasn't the only thing that caused the insurrection of the colonies, but it certainly was a component.

https://www.history.com/news/remembering-the-proclamation-of...



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