Happy Treason Day Ungrateful Colonials 4th Of July T-Shirt

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Thomas Jefferson was the first President of the United States to celebrate American Independence day in the White House in 1801.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Given the benefit of 221 years of hindsight, it is truly sad for the planet that the Brits did not quell the uprisings with an iron fist.

In 1776, King George III of England received a letter explaining why Congress voted in favor of declaring independence from British rule. Well we tended to be a little more isolationist back then, the perk of having an ocean between us and the next continents in either direction. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.

So the King of England shifted the financial burden of freeing the American colonies back onto the American colonists, who resented the thought of having to pay for their own freedom, so they kicked the British out of America. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. The most popular one is simply a picture of the Union Jack with the words ‘Happy Treason Day’ written on top. com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US.

A lot of the memes also include the words ‘you ungrateful colonials’, referencing the fact that America didn’t want to be in control by the British. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. They are hanging in a Sheriffs Department, Went with the medium size set for a 20 ft wide wall with 10 ft ceiling and it works perfectly.

The reason why Brits joke every year on Independence day is because the 56 Congressmen who signed the declaration were committing a huge act of treason, and they could have been put to death for their crime. The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. The Brits seem to be having a field day on Twitter, with them sharing 'Happy Treason Day' memes on social media. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.However, the average French citizen resented having to foot the bill for bailing out those pesky American colonials, so they overthrew their monarchy and killed the king.

Fourth of July became a federal holiday only in 1870, and became a paid holiday for federal employees only as late as 1941. If I may overcomplicate this, in absolute terms, I think this is correct; however, in its heyday I think the British Empire was probably able to exert and deploy more power. And by doing so, you learn that the early American colonists REALLY WERE a bunch of ungrateful colonials. The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Yeah, drunk uncles trying to light fire works and managing to set a corner of grandpa’s field on fire was enough to have the beer banned forever. Many Brits like to make a joke every year on Independence day that it should be known as Treason Day, because the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence were actually committing a huge act of treason, which they were fully aware they could be put to death for. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.