And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I believe that I read that 1/3 of the American colonies were Tories (wanting to keep England as their ruler) ... 1/3 just wanted to be left alone ... and just 1/3 were what we now call the "American patriots" who fought for our freedom. God bless each and every one of them.
The Revolution was won,before the Rebellion began. We had already become freee and ungovernable by a foreign power. Nobody could order us to worship s they wanted, We would not curb our thoughts or tongues.We would decide our own destiny. No power could take our arms and have thier way with us. Dennis the librarian shusher
anon@349, I am describing the America I know and love enough to study and learn about. I can recommend a book from 1920 titled ,"The true history of the American revolution" by Sydney George Fisher. Sorry I had to address you as anon349 but you didn't seem to want to own your content with a name. Dennis the librarian shusher
Yes, we had muzzle loading rifles taken from German patterns. A trained rifleman could hit targets 3x the range of British muskets of the time, so we could pick off officers and sergeants far beyond the normal engagement range. The downside was rifles have much longer reloading times compared to muskets.
We hear a lot about American long rifles in the Revolution, but . . . as Rick T mentioned they took longer to load. Most of them were not made to have a bayonet attached. And they weren't really mass-produced. (BTW, "lock, stock, and barrel" referred to a gunsmith who could build the entire gun, rather than having some components made by others.) When you got your new rifle, you'd probably get a "matching" bullet mold with it, because the bore sizes were not standardized.
History has this funny circular aspect to it, so does some just good plain folks who had quite enough. Wrong people to cause to get mad. They tend to do stuff unlike any others, and they don't stop till they choose to.
I believe that I read that 1/3 of the American colonies were Tories (wanting to keep England as their ruler) ... 1/3 just wanted to be left alone ... and just 1/3 were what we now call the "American patriots" who fought for our freedom. God bless each and every one of them.
ReplyDeleteNot 1/3. 3% were the true American patriots.
DeleteThe Revolution was won,before the Rebellion began. We had already become freee and ungovernable by a foreign power. Nobody could order us to worship s they wanted, We would not curb our thoughts or tongues.We would decide our own destiny. No power could take our arms and have thier way with us.
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I don't know what country you are trying to describe but it certainly is not America that I know and love.
Deleteanon@349,
DeleteI am describing the America I know and love enough to study and learn about. I can recommend a book from 1920 titled ,"The true history of the American revolution" by Sydney George Fisher.
Sorry I had to address you as anon349 but you didn't seem to want to own your content with a name. Dennis the librarian shusher
What history class did you fail?
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You might want to look it up: A full 10% actually took up arms and fought the British.
Delete“twisted guns”, eh? Was that just an extra insult, or had the colonists discovered rifling?
ReplyDeleteI think it means rifled barrels
DeleteYes, we had muzzle loading rifles taken from German patterns. A trained rifleman could hit targets 3x the range of British muskets of the time, so we could pick off officers and sergeants far beyond the normal engagement range. The downside was rifles have much longer reloading times compared to muskets.
Deleteaye, rifled.
Deletewell, there was the Ferguson
DeleteWe hear a lot about American long rifles in the Revolution, but . . . as Rick T mentioned they took longer to load. Most of them were not made to have a bayonet attached. And they weren't really mass-produced. (BTW, "lock, stock, and barrel" referred to a gunsmith who could build the entire gun, rather than having some components made by others.) When you got your new rifle, you'd probably get a "matching" bullet mold with it, because the bore sizes were not standardized.
DeleteTotally awesome meme.
ReplyDeleteHistory has this funny circular aspect to it, so does some just good plain folks who had quite enough. Wrong people to cause to get mad. They tend to do stuff unlike any others, and they don't stop till they choose to.
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