(November 1, 2015 at 11:08 pm)Minimalist Wrote: British provocations began in 1763 but it is not like flipping on a light switch. Independence seems to have caught hold for a significant number of Americans after Lexington and Concord. Congress was still dithering when the British stormed Bunker (Breeds) Hill.
In your own opinion, were more Americans (ones in the actual fighting) fighting to keep their newfound wealth to themselves, or fighting to obtain political and social freedom from the British governmental system?
"You cannot ask us to take sides against arithmetic." --Winston Churchill
