(September 7, 2015 at 8:31 pm)Godschild Wrote:(September 7, 2015 at 2:24 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: You didn't answer his question. 1) The British colonies were not the U.S. 2) The Revolution would have gone down in flames had it not been for French assistance (both direct and indirect).
In answer to the OP, I own a 12-guage shotgun.
Sure we were we had declared our independence and protected it.
GC
The U.S. came into existence when the victorious and newly independent colonies adopted a constitution (first the Articles of Confederation and then our current Constitution). Prior to that, there were 13 English colonies in rebellion. The leaders of that rebellion would have been hanged as traitors and the Declaration of Independence wouldn't have been worth the paper it was printed on if the war had been lost, a distinct possibility in 1776. The DOC, as significant a document as it has proven to be, was a piece of propaganda aimed at an international audience to justify the extraordinary steps the rebels had taken -- nothing more. It never had, nor does it have now, any force of law.
Anyway, who are the "we" you referred to? I certainly had nothing to do with it and neither did you. We are just the fortunate beneficiaries of that revolution.
