revolutionary war myths

[Donovan]

The revolution was quite a bit more complicated than even that article suggests , and I would be as careful calling a Cracked.com article History as I would calling Jon Stewart news. The French did come in to assist mostly to protect their own interests here and divide Britain's strength and attention, and it was their ongoing interference that helped lead to American victory. However, the colonists also conducted multiple operations designed to repel French claims on American soil, mostly along the Western frontiers, and made heavy use of native fighters for that purpose. The Indians were in fact superior guerilla fighters and made the difference in many battles, and the colonists borrowed many tactics from them.

Bottom line is the Revolution was much like every other war before it and many since: rich men quarreling with other rich men in a manner that profits both, using poor men to kill other poor men. Revolution, treason, civil action, invasion, liberation...whatever you want to call it it usually boils down to someone making a very large fortune.