America’s Revolution Was Built on a Secret Deal

I have to admit that I've been beginning to believe this was the case. Lots of lofty language, yet very little follow through. Toss in that the French Revolution scared the crap out of the powers that be in the United States.

The real impetus for the war for independence wasn't lofty ideals: it was the British victory in la Conquête. This victory got rid of any French influence in North America, but ending up causing friction with the colonies.

Which could have been solved early on by making the colonists pay for their defence during la Conquête. 

 

Anyway, this doesn't make the War for Independence seem like such a lofty cause if all the talk of liberty was just a cover for law breaking.

Just remember that Tory means conservative. And that Canada is North America had it sought its independence through lawful means. And that doing it lawfully would have saved a lot of lives.

We shouldn't be celebrating America, we should be mourning it!

This is Rev. Mather Byles, a Boston Loyalist known for saying “Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants one mile away?” Yes, there were Loyalists in Massachusetts.

And being a tory didn't mean they were adverse to independence, but that they preferred that it come peacefully and thoughtfully. After all, there is a British North America for those who want alternate history: it's called Canada.

The really interesting question would be what would North America be if the "French and Indian War" ("La Conquête") gone the other way?

An aside, an additional stanza sung second was previously part of the standard lyrics to "God Save the Monarch" in the UK:

O Lord our God arise
Scatter his enemies
And make them fall
Confound their politics
Frustrate their knavish tricks
On thee our hopes we fix
God save us all

It fell out of favour with Queen Elizabeth the Second of England (First of Scotland).

But it sums up the current state of US politics very well.

And I'm sure the good reverend is smirking at the current state of affairs up in heaven as the founders look at the nation in horror.

(There's a reason I couldn't participate in a "No Kings" Rally...)