"Janjaweed" <johnkerryisadouchebag@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Independence Day, I watched about eight straight hours of the
> history of the American Revolution on the History Channel. Most of it
> was focused on the various battles that took place, which some mention
> of the political, propaganda, and diplomatic efforts.
>
> My question is: Which battle, had it gone differently, was most likely
> to have turned the tide of the war in favor of the British? Cowpens
> under Morgan? Trenton under Wa****ngton? Guilford Court House under
> Greene? Fort Ticonderoga under Arnold/Allen? Saratoga under Arnold/
> Gates?
>
> { PS - Yorktown is cheating. ;-) }
Bunker Hill.
British take Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill with manuever, suffering few
casualties. Massachusetts militia is routed...many killed and captured.
Most colonists look at the results and say that there is no way that
farmers
can defeat the mighty English.
Sober heads refuse to even declare independence.
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