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haele

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37. What eventually tilted more support for the American revolution was -
Sat Aug 20, 2022, 01:51 PM
Aug 2022

- the British habit of quartering their soldiers in local taverns and civilian houses.
The revolutionaries tended to camp out, not commendeering small farming communities, messing with daughters and scrounging through a householder's personal larders and cellars.
Also, sadly as to the American view of society, the British tactic of offering freedom to slaves for information or to support the British army. That certainly didn't go over well in the plantation based areas, North or South. Nor was any of this appealing to non-English colonists, forced British Isles Emigrees, or those who managed to work themselves out of indentured servitude and started to set up lives of their own.

Of course, when the French came in and turned the tide, support also increased. Lots of people will just wait to see who's going to win before they choose a side.
Under 30% of American colonists actively supported the Revolution when it started.
However, around 50% actively supported it by the time it ended, and another 20% were "favorable" to it - just because they wanted the British Army to go back to England and leave them alone as nd tend to their own businesses.

Haele

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The most important ingredient for a successful Civil War MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #1
While true in principle, remember the American Revolution only had 30% support... Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #5
Of that 30-40% of the population, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #9
I agree. Most of that 35% is "passive support" that may vote, but won't hit the streets... Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #13
+100. MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #14
Hopefully so... Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #15
LOL, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #16
exactly so. stopdiggin Aug 2022 #27
.... MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #28
yep. hindsight of course stopdiggin Aug 2022 #33
+1 2naSalit Aug 2022 #24
What eventually tilted more support for the American revolution was - haele Aug 2022 #37
Someone who monitors reported that noisy types on tRumpist sites, when Hortensis Aug 2022 #2
Their excuse for not hitting the streets is they claim it's a trap. Kaleva Aug 2022 #21
Right, forgot "the trap!" Hortensis Aug 2022 #23
Several of the "big" groups have been decapitated following Jan 6... Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #3
Yes. Just as some of the groups at Charlotte were shattered by Hortensis Aug 2022 #10
Charlottesville. VA. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #30
TFG is the only person who could control all the groups Kaleva Aug 2022 #22
And lazy JHB Aug 2022 #26
Increased terrorism will be the center of the "civil war" like it has been for decades uponit7771 Aug 2022 #4
A few angry, lone wolf terrorists will be all these fools can muster. sop Aug 2022 #6
Lone Wolf attacks yankee87 Aug 2022 #7
You should really brush up on the Ruby Ridge shootout, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #11
Yes, that incident was a debacle. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #31
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #32
Here's more on the colossal Govt. screw up on Ruby Ridge. MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #35
But they wait on words from their leader and then guerilla warfare begins. TigressDem Aug 2022 #8
While Dangerous modrepub Aug 2022 #12
Absolutely for that first paragraph. And the BLM marches in over 700 cities, Hortensis Aug 2022 #17
The people who dream about being Revolutionary heroes greatly overestimate Chainfire Aug 2022 #18
The Civil War was settled 157 years ago.The USA stays intact. hadEnuf Aug 2022 #19
Gen. Bonespurs is too incompetent to provide central leadership and planning Kaleva Aug 2022 #20
Many nonwhites own guns. dalton99a Aug 2022 #25
It's going to be like The Troubles in N Ireland, etc TheBeam19 Aug 2022 #29
That's the most likely scenario. They caused a lot of grief. nt leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #34
Yeah, a civil war or even a general insurgency won't happen. Elessar Zappa Aug 2022 #36
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