For the last year and a half, I've been deeply involved at work with research and writing in advance of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War
And I gotta tell ya, I think it's probably the most myth-riddled American conflict
Which is awful, as the truth is far more exciting
And I gotta tell ya, I think it's probably the most myth-riddled American conflict
Which is awful, as the truth is far more exciting
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Gotta unlearn so much "history."
It's why we research and write .good luck !
- there were NO rifles at Lexington & Concord
- Gage wasn't out to seize small arms, artillery, powder were his goals
- Massachusetts militia were trained, organized, equipped by colony, not just randos with guns
Etc, year by year, for 8 years
"They are also saying you can't expand west."
"BURN THE CROWN, REVOLUTION OR DEATH"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini%C3%A9_ball
You’d patch the round “oil and linen” to clean the barrel of black powder residue “fouling” and make a tighter fit for the rifling effect
https://youtu.be/n2YldCG9iBo?si=bH1dFKZo0TuDPuxA
Musket not the big brown bess regualrs used. Rifle would take longer to load and needed a patch https://youtube.com/shorts/jgPV-Z_XK58?si=2ZQcQnXCRYpWgBgs
The myth that the British Army always blindly marched en masse, European war style is pretty much exploded in both books.
Elements of the army learned lessons about guerrilla style fighting in the French and Indian War.
https://www.nationsandcannons.com/
Ugh, our history curriculum is so terrible.
For a look at what the colonists feared, look at Ireland. And that was, in fact, what Parliament was trying to establish
When the Brits lost the US, they replaced us with Australia
Most Royal Governors tacitly overlooked a lot of it because it brought in additional wealth. It's complicated, because it involved a LOT of people, not just future revolutionaries
Felt like a re-negotiation without telling anyone
American colonies: "we feel ATTACKED"
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1942/january/saint-eustatius-island-was-different