Tango01  | 24 Aug 2023 8:51 p.m. PST |
"The myth: The American Revolution was all about taxation…"
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| doc mcb | 25 Aug 2023 9:59 a.m. PST |
Sigh. Yes, it is of course true that the Continental Army aspired to be, and eventually was, a conventional European style regular force comparable to the British and French and Spanish etc forces. Steuben etc etc. But otoh, there is little that is "conventional" and much that is "guerilla-like" in the Trenton-Princeton campaign. The danger with "myth-breaking" is to over-correct. Myths generally have SOME basis in fact. |
| 42flanker | 25 Aug 2023 10:11 a.m. PST |
Although, otoh, neither Trenton nor Princeton were won because the Crown forces foolishly fought standing shoulder to shoulder in line. |
| doc mcb | 25 Aug 2023 3:31 p.m. PST |
42, well, the Hessians tried to, didn't they? And Princeton was a fuzzball, but bayonet charges were part of it. |
| 42flanker | 25 Aug 2023 11:40 p.m. PST |
That's not what I was suggesting. Clearly that occurred. It wasn't why the Crown forces were defeated. |
| 14Bore | 26 Aug 2023 12:16 p.m. PST |
Quartering troops in houses didn't happen yet the Colonials worried about it enough to write down the restrictions?
Europeans got it but the British decided to stop that practice? |
| doc mcb | 26 Aug 2023 1:10 p.m. PST |
Britain lost for many reasons, and the revolution succeeded for many reasons. Complex events have complex causes. (Unless, of course we are speaking of the American civil war, which we all know had only ONE cause.) And I am dubious that quartering never happened. |
| Tango01 | 26 Aug 2023 3:37 p.m. PST |
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| Bill N | 26 Aug 2023 7:32 p.m. PST |
As I recall Doc there were efforts during the F&IW to forcibly quarter British troops in residences of the Colonists. Both Braddock and Loudoun claimed they had the authority to do so. Also I seem to recall that laws in Britain that limited the quartering of troops exempted the colonies, and the British government had vetoed colonial legislation which attempted to limit quartering. |
| doc mcb | 27 Aug 2023 9:28 a.m. PST |
Bill, yes, the Amendment didn't come out of nowhere. |
| randolph2243 | 19 Sep 2023 7:08 p.m. PST |
If I am correct, the colonists were required to build garrisons for the British troops protecting them, but failed to do so, which led to the whole quartering fiasco. They wanted Regulars as protection, but wouldn't fork out the money to help support the army. |
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