"How did Britain lose the American Revolution? " Topic
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Tango01  | 09 Aug 2018 12:02 p.m. PST |
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| Private Matter | 09 Aug 2018 1:12 p.m. PST |
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| robert piepenbrink | 09 Aug 2018 1:33 p.m. PST |
Best way to win is not to start. They took Canada as part of the treaty ending the SYW. If they'd given most of it back to the French, we'd have been upset--even furious--but we'd have still needed British help against the French and Indians. Once the actual fighting starts--well, they made mistakes, but so did we. But they were at the end of a long supply line, and didn't have as much at stake. |
| whitejamest | 09 Aug 2018 3:21 p.m. PST |
They killed Mel Gibson's son. It was all downhill from there. |
| Glengarry5 | 09 Aug 2018 4:30 p.m. PST |
When the French (and then the Spanish and then the Dutch) joined the war it went from a rebellion in the colonies to an existential threat to Great Britian and her empires existence. The Americans were happy to establish their their democracy (flawed but evolving) by threatening Britian's (flawed but evolving) democracy. Not the only reason but one that is often overlooked. |
| skippy0001 | 09 Aug 2018 6:57 p.m. PST |
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| Rallynow | 09 Aug 2018 7:30 p.m. PST |
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| Old Wolfman | 10 Aug 2018 6:45 a.m. PST |
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| BillyNM | 10 Aug 2018 7:03 a.m. PST |
Something to do with having to fight France, Spain and the Netherlands at the same time….? |
 Andrew Walters | 10 Aug 2018 8:10 a.m. PST |
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| 42flanker | 10 Aug 2018 8:51 a.m. PST |
Marching in formation wearing red coats with a neat white cross on their chests, while eating infants raw- surely. |
| Tango01 | 10 Aug 2018 11:04 a.m. PST |
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 20thmaine | 10 Aug 2018 12:01 p.m. PST |
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| Repiqueone | 11 Aug 2018 12:33 p.m. PST |
Some lack of support within the British Government where some saw it as a war against fellow Englishmen. See Charles Fox and Edmund Burke.
Britain was a bit over tasked on multiple fronts, and was in a period of decidedly inept military leadership. See Burgoyne and others. At the time, the colonies were also more of a burden than an asset. |
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