Dumb laws in 17th century England

Everyone that wasn't from England, even Americans still had to pay taxes, grrrrrr, how dumb was that?

Originally posted by Minion415486:
Everyone that wasn't from England, even Americans still had to pay taxes, grrrrrr, how dumb was that?

Can't see anything wrong with it, especially if they live off our eceonomy.

Hey, 17th century America belonged to England until late 1700's, re-read your school history! I'm Swedish and know about this...