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Let's ruffle feathers: What would you have done?
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:24 pm
In reference to the below excerpt - If you were in the "wealthy elite" how would you have proceeded to keep power and control?
By the years of the Revolutionary crisis, the 1760s, the wealthy elite that controlled the British colonies on the American mainland had 150 years of experience, had learned certain things about how to rule. They had various fears, but also had developed tactics to deal with what they feared. The Indians, they had found, were too unruly to keep as a labor force, and remained an obstacle to expansion. Black slaves were easier
to control, and their profitability for southern plantations was bringing an enormous increase in the importation of slaves, who were becoming a majority in some colonies and constituted one-fifth of the entire colonial population. But the blacks were not totally submissive, and as their numbers grew, the prospect of slave rebellion grew.
With the problem of Indian hostility, and the danger of slave revolts, the colonial elite had to consider the class anger of poor white servants, tenants, the city poor, the propertyless, the taxpayer, the soldier and sailor. As the colonies passed their hundredth year and went into the middle of the 1700s, as the gap between rich and poor widened, as violence and the threat of violence increased, the problem of control became more serious.
By the years of the Revolutionary crisis, the 1760s, the wealthy elite that controlled the British colonies on the American mainland had 150 years of experience, had learned certain things about how to rule. They had various fears, but also had developed tactics to deal with what they feared. The Indians, they had found, were too unruly to keep as a labor force, and remained an obstacle to expansion. Black slaves were easier
to control, and their profitability for southern plantations was bringing an enormous increase in the importation of slaves, who were becoming a majority in some colonies and constituted one-fifth of the entire colonial population. But the blacks were not totally submissive, and as their numbers grew, the prospect of slave rebellion grew.
With the problem of Indian hostility, and the danger of slave revolts, the colonial elite had to consider the class anger of poor white servants, tenants, the city poor, the propertyless, the taxpayer, the soldier and sailor. As the colonies passed their hundredth year and went into the middle of the 1700s, as the gap between rich and poor widened, as violence and the threat of violence increased, the problem of control became more serious.
This post was edited on 5/15/19 at 1:32 pm
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Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:25 pm to btnetigers
I'm not reading all of that.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:25 pm to btnetigers
I posted a shirtless selfie on here a few times
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:26 pm to btnetigers
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What would you have done?
Could you at least make it multiple choice?
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:26 pm to Tester1216
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I'm not reading all of that.
Nor all of this
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:26 pm to btnetigers
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the wealthy elite that controlled the British colonies on the American mainland had 150 years of experience,
Damn, those Brits lived a long time!
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:27 pm to btnetigers
Wouldn’t have imported slaves
Would’ve still gone after the savages though.
Would’ve still gone after the savages though.
This post was edited on 5/15/19 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:27 pm to theunknownknight
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I posted a shirtless selfie on here a few times
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:27 pm to Wtodd
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Nor all of this
Well I did read that.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:28 pm to btnetigers
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What would you have done?
2 chicks at the same time
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:29 pm to Festus
I miss those pajama pants
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:30 pm to btnetigers
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Let's ruffle feathers:
Ok, well I was going to post a positive
response, but since this is the request for the thread: I would have imported white slaves and extinguished the Indians.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:31 pm to btnetigers
Hire ex-military for plantation security.
Participate in Mardi Gras parades to show you were giving back.
Keep Power to the People bumper stickers on the buggy.
Participate in Mardi Gras parades to show you were giving back.
Keep Power to the People bumper stickers on the buggy.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:32 pm to btnetigers
I would’ve split the country up into different districts. Certain districts would be responsible for certain needs of industry and agriculture (coal, wheat, fish, etc...).
Then every year I would have a lottery where one person (under the age of 20 to keep it interesting) from each district is chosen to participate in a survival contest where the last person alive wins and whoever wins gets to live the rest of their lives in luxury and their district would get certain benefits too.
I think this would help
Then every year I would have a lottery where one person (under the age of 20 to keep it interesting) from each district is chosen to participate in a survival contest where the last person alive wins and whoever wins gets to live the rest of their lives in luxury and their district would get certain benefits too.
I think this would help
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:34 pm to btnetigers
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how would you have proceeded to keep power and control?
With dragons and sorcery.
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:34 pm to btnetigers
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:36 pm to Cdawg
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With dragons and sorcery.
Ah... The Illuminati...
Posted on 5/15/19 at 1:43 pm to LCA131
2 B 1
ASK 1
ASK 1
Posted on 5/15/19 at 2:16 pm to Tester1216
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I'm not reading all of that.
Part of the problem with the OT, you can’t be bothered to read a few paragraphs, and then feel the need to tell everyone that reading a few paragraphs is beyond your grasp
Posted on 5/15/19 at 2:17 pm to btnetigers
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What would you have done?
not opened this thread
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