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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [QB] [QUOTE] That's curious. Why would they base the Union flag off the one from the East India company? East India was the Halburton of its day. The colonists hated those guys. [/QUOTE]Well, not really. What the (rich, merchant) colonists hated was the fact that they couldn't trade outside the Empire and that the HEIC had a monopoly on trade with India (although not for much longer IIRC). And remember, it's estimated that only around a third of those in the lower 13 colonies actually supported the rebels anyway (about the same as supported continued British rule, with a third not having any especial allegiance). While we're on the subject of national colours, how did green and yellow become the Australian colours? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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