(Poll created September 30, 2010)
Submitted by editor

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Imagine you were born around 1740 in England. You take your English birth certificate and hop on a boat and emigrate to the colony of Virginia.

At what point in American history, do you view the Government of England as your enemy?

When the British seized Philadelphia in 1777
When God told me it was the right thing to do
When England put a tax on writing paper
When England ended colonial self-government in Quebec
It's immigrate, not emigrate, dumbass
When the British executed Benedict Arnold
When English troops were ambushed in Massachusettts
When England required all tea to come from London after being taxed
When the French captured George Washington at Fort Necessity
When I heard the King of England converted to become a Catholic
The moment the boat leaves the dock
People in 1740 didn't have birth certificates
When England Troops surrendered at Yorktown
When British troops killed protestors in Boston harbor
When I heard about the Continental Congress
When people in Boston refused to allow British tea to be unloaded
Once an English subject, always an English subject
When I hear British war ships are sinking merchant ships headed to France
When my "Patriot" neighbors started to threaten me
When I read "common sense" by Thomas Payne
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