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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:32 AM Original message |
American History question: Did we actually "Win" the American Revolutionary War, or... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. They got routed. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep, if it wasn't for the French we'd all be speaking English today |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. ! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Heh, speak for yourself |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The Russians? |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Politics in Europe during the 18th century was based on balance of power |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. I think not. |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Their defeat at the battle of Yorktown basically destroyed British morale |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Interestingly, Yorktown comes from an old English word meaning "Tet Offensive" |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Guerrilla Wars are often very similar in many ways |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. Like most such calamities, it all depends on point of view. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. King George III didn't send in enought troops |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. "If we don't fight them over there, we'll be fighting them here" |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. If we lose America, then Ireland, India, and Jamaica will fall like dominoes! |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Hey, they did! ... ... ... eventually ... ... (nt) |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. Not entirely |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Interesting, thank you for the British perspective. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 02:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. They call it the "American Revolution" |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. My understanding is that the war was never all that popular |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. To an extent |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. I thought the French were keeping you busy as well. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. That was part of it |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. Did we WIN, or were we PLAYED? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. The Carolina Campaign destroyed the Brits through attrition |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Thanks! I was taught American History at least 3-4 times in school growing up... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. Combination of both |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. Americans have trouble getting this but |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. The Hessian mercenaries sure were a bust. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. We all know England could have recked us if they really wanted to. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. There was also a segment of the British political community |
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