In response to all of the accusations of "Propaganda":
How exactly is this propaganda? It tells the facts of the founding of America and the American Revolution.
The song and the video make it evidently clear that the Americans treated themselves as subjects to the King of England, and thus were British citizens. That is a real fact.
It also points out that the true reason the colonists rebelled because they were not being taxed fairly. And they got rid of the concept of a king because of it. They didn't have a voice in the British government and they realized it.
The lyrics and imagery of the colonists emphasized the point that they felt robbed with the King's unfair taxes. And the British just blew them off by justifying that they could do it because their own taxes were higher. That's what the king meant when he said, "I don't care". The fact he was taxing people who couldn't object to it legally to him didn't bother him. Need I remind you of how Europeans viewed their American cousins at the time? Pretty much the same way city people view a Hill Billy today.
But the Americans had become independent in spirit just like the show portrays. They had come to understand that they had the right and responsibility to actively participate in government, and they would not just let somebody else (the King) do all of the running of government for them. They would defer to a higher power only when he recognized them as independent agents.
The American Revolution was much more about a clash of cultures than actual taxation.
It was between the European Way, where one was expected to follow the King [or whoever else was in authority] without question, whereas in America, taking care of one's self and actively participating in a democratic, republican government had developed a culture of both respect for authority and yet questioning independent thought over the men in charge.
How exactly is this propaganda? It tells the facts of the founding of America and the American Revolution.
The song and the video make it evidently clear that the Americans treated themselves as subjects to the King of England, and thus were British citizens. That is a real fact.
It also points out that the true reason the colonists rebelled because they were not being taxed fairly. And they got rid of the concept of a king because of it. They didn't have a voice in the British government and they realized it.
The lyrics and imagery of the colonists emphasized the point that they felt robbed with the King's unfair taxes. And the British just blew them off by justifying that they could do it because their own taxes were higher. That's what the king meant when he said, "I don't care". The fact he was taxing people who couldn't object to it legally to him didn't bother him. Need I remind you of how Europeans viewed their American cousins at the time? Pretty much the same way city people view a Hill Billy today.
But the Americans had become independent in spirit just like the show portrays. They had come to understand that they had the right and responsibility to actively participate in government, and they would not just let somebody else (the King) do all of the running of government for them. They would defer to a higher power only when he recognized them as independent agents.
The American Revolution was much more about a clash of cultures than actual taxation.
It was between the European Way, where one was expected to follow the King [or whoever else was in authority] without question, whereas in America, taking care of one's self and actively participating in a democratic, republican government had developed a culture of both respect for authority and yet questioning independent thought over the men in charge.