Marc Malone
2008-10-23 02:04:33
Phineas Wothington – Define criminal smugglers. Back in 1761, King George V declared the colonies to be in rebellion, because they were crying out from everything having to be shipped to England, before it could be shipped to anywhere in the colonies. The colonists took to smuggling to avoid this onerous cost and time (it took about 3 months, roundtrip) burden. That’s what the Boston Tea Party was about. The “smugglers weren’t dealing in anything illicit, but just trying to engage in normal commerec without the gross interference by government and the King’s favored big-business cronies.
