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edhopper

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10. one place I read

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 07:42 PM

Mar 2017

Historian Robert Calhoon said the consensus of historians is that between 40 and 45 percent of the white population in the Thirteen Colonies supported the Patriots' cause, between 15 and 20% supported the Loyalists, and the remainder were neutral or kept a low profile.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_(American_Revolution)

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About 40% to 50% of the people at the time supported the American Revolution [View all] edhopper Mar 2017 OP

Thank you for the history lesson. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #1

Respectfully, how is that calculated? PJMcK Mar 2017 #2

one place I read edhopper Mar 2017 #10

I read 1/3 favored the Blue Coats, 1/3 favored the Red Coats, and 1/3 were waiting to side with ... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #3

Southern Ontario was largely settled by loyalists. roamer65 Mar 2017 #6

If DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #7

And slavery would have ended edhopper Mar 2017 #12

That's the problem with counterfactuals. You change one fact, you change em all. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #13

True that /nt edhopper Mar 2017 #15

I believe we get past him. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #17

I would like a parliamentary system too, but you can blame my ancestors for this system. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2017 #16

A second war with Britain would have happened around 1833 or so. roamer65 Mar 2017 #18

My reading is that edhopper Mar 2017 #9

What do you think George Washington would make of Thump? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #11

Everything edhopper Mar 2017 #14

What does support mean? HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #4

No, I didn't say fight for edhopper Mar 2017 #8

One thing about the British is that they had Turbineguy Mar 2017 #5