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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP09 Aug 2018 12:02 p.m. PST

Hope you enjoy!


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Private Matter09 Aug 2018 1:12 p.m. PST

I'm not sure they lost.

robert piepenbrink Supporting Member of TMP09 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.

whitejamest09 Aug 2018 3:21 p.m. PST

They killed Mel Gibson's son. It was all downhill from there.

Glengarry509 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.

skippy000109 Aug 2018 6:57 p.m. PST
Old Contemptibles09 Aug 2018 7:30 p.m. PST

France

Old Wolfman10 Aug 2018 6:45 a.m. PST

Funny one,Skippy.

BillyNM Supporting Member of TMP10 Aug 2018 7:03 a.m. PST

Something to do with having to fight France, Spain and the Netherlands at the same time….?

Andrew Walters10 Aug 2018 8:10 a.m. PST

George Washington!

42flanker10 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 Supporting Member of TMP10 Aug 2018 11:04 a.m. PST

(smile)


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Personal logo 20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP10 Aug 2018 12:01 p.m. PST

All the tea breaks….

Repiqueone11 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.

Virginia Tory15 Aug 2018 5:59 a.m. PST

They made the beer guy mad, so he put on a mask and ran from roof top to roof top.

Then they hanged that Andre guy.

Or something.

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