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1776 and all that [was Re: namecalling]
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Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:30:28 GMT
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> England was a wee bit of a Tyrant back before
> 1776,
I think you mean Britain.
> and the Americans decided to revolt against that.
My American History is not great, but I'm pretty sure only a minority of the
American-Settlers thought that *Britain* was a Tyrant and so chose to
“revolt”. Further, their WoI would not have taken the path it did without
either the support of the French or Britain's lack of conviction.
Scott A
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