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Someone I know reminds me the ship sent to Boston harbor in 1768 to enforce British taxes on the American colonies was the HMS Romney.
Andrew Kaczynski
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Someone I know reminds me the ship sent to Boston harbor in 1768 to enforce British taxes on the American colonies was the HMS Romney.
http://www.dependablerenegade.com/.a/6a00d8341bf82953ef017743f6d8cc970d-800wi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Romney_%281762%29
http://www.snopes.com/politics/romney/hmsromney.asp
http://secularsaint.blogspot.com/2012/07/hms-romney.html
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IRONY---The HMS ROMNEY (Original Post)
kpete
Aug 2012
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Wow! Enforce taxes. The Tea Party will have to rewrite this history fact,too.
The Wielding Truth
Aug 2012
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The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)1. Wow! Enforce taxes. The Tea Party will have to rewrite this history fact,too.
Uncle Joe
(58,459 posts)2. Nice catch.
Thanks for the thread, kpete.
DavidDvorkin
(19,497 posts)3. HMS, unless you were being ironic