how could the americans win independance?

Question

when it was english fighting english

Answer 1

I'm going to be a bit controversial here and say it was probably the Scots who inspired the Americans to win independence. My reasons for believing this are -

The USA's National Tartan Day is celebrated every year on the 6th of April.

The 6th of April is rather a rather important date because this is the exact same date that the Scottish Declaration of Arbroath was signed - which proclaimed Scotland's independence - way back in the year 1320.

According to the US Senate - The American Declaration of Independence was modelled on the Scottish Declaration of Arbroath.

Almost half the people who signed the American Declaration of Independence were of Scottish descent. And out of the original thirteen states - nine of the governors were also of Scottish ancestry.

I could go on, but I think it's safe to say it definitely wasn't just a case of the English fighting English. Far from it. :-)

Answer 2

Given the state of punitive taxes that were raised on the American colonies, to pay for the war with France in India. its no wonder the peasants revolted.. People can only take so much before they snap and old loyalties merge into new realities. The fact is the Americans didn't actually win.. What happened was the British gave up because the war was to costly to pursue while at the same time waging war with the french in India.

At the time it was thought that India had a much greater wealth potential than the American colonies so men and military material where sent to India leaving the colonies to break free from English rule.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

It was idiological war not a race war.
America now: is made up of nearly every race on the planet. Even back then they had many other races fighting a common cause for freedom as they saw it. the English/Welsh/Scots and Irish at that time in America did NOT consider themselves to be English anymore

Answer 5

Do you mean during the colonial uprising in the 1770-80's or presently?

In the 1770-80's we had leaders who looked out for the future of the country and used a combination of insurgency and superpower counterpoint counter strategy to keep England pinned down in Europe so as not to be able to effectively fight in the Americas.

Today, we have leaders who look to the past and are comfortable with corporatocracy. We need to use a strategy of clear thinking and honest citizen politician who cannot be corporately influence and who will do what's right rather than what's popular. If we pay down our debt, use less oil, secure our border and educate our kids, the rest should take care of itself.

Answer 6

The French stabbed the British in the back.

Answer 7

Simple. They were on another continent, on American soil and came here to seperate themselves from English rule.

It'd be like modern Americans finding another continent and wanting to secede from our Government and start their own country. Then America invades to fight their own and take over.

Answer 8

The 'Americans' had more French fighting on their side than there were American!

Answer 9

the english colonists (americans) were getting screwed by the british government in england, unfair taxes and no representation in parliament, so they decided to break off and form their own country.

Answer 10

Look, Americans are hypocrites. Americans claim that they love Gandhi's ideas on civil resistance, which really are Thoreau's. They believe that he is a hero for fostering the peace. HOWEVER, no matter how noble that idea may be, didn't the Americans FIGHT A WAR to gain their independence, and they still celebrate that war? They think that it would have been wrong for Indians to have fought to gain their independence. HYPOCRITES.