Timeline for What was Adam Smith's position on the American Revolution?
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| Oct 16, 2024 at 19:19 | comment | added | RonJohn | Note: the war started in April 1775 (the "shot heard 'round the world" at Lexington and Concord). | |
| Oct 15, 2024 at 6:33 | vote | accept | quarague | ||
| Oct 14, 2024 at 15:36 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 14, 2024 at 13:51 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | Took a little look into it, and it appears we don't know what party Smith supported (if any), but we do know that his biggest supporters and admirers were largely Whigs. Whigs as a party were out of power at the time. It was largely Tories who oversaw the policies that created the American Revolution, and those that carried out the British response (and lost it). Whigs at the time were largely critical of government policy (as is the opposition party's job). | |
| Oct 14, 2024 at 12:02 | answer | added | Brian Z | timeline score: 27 | |
| Oct 14, 2024 at 9:04 | history | edited | MCW♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 14, 2024 at 7:34 | history | asked | quarague | CC BY-SA 4.0 |