I understand the American Revolution, but how exactly did the British physically extract money from the colonies? Did they send a ship over on some regular schedule and have tax collectors run around collecting cash? Did a lot of money get lost on the way over because of sunken ships, theft, etc?
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The most important thing to remember is that the colonists were British. Paul Revere did not shout “the British are coming” because he was British and so was everyone he was shouting to. He shouted “the Regulars are coming”.
So the colonists as British people paid their taxes. All of the governments in the colonies were British. The colonies had extensive regular trade with England. The tax money was sent back regularly.
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