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Originally Posted by BrianL99

Yep, Canada gained independence in 1982.

Australia, in 1986.

It only took them 200 years longer than it took the USA.

Great Britain has lost every single country they controlled. Now they have a few islands in the Caribbean.

94 Countries were under British rule or major influence, in the past.

Waiting around would have been a lot like betting on the Chicago White Sox last year.

Originally Posted by BrianL99

The Revolutionary War is often painted as the glorious American Patriots, vs the mean old English Tax man. The truth is somewhere in the middle, probably leaning toward England, who treated the Colonies fairly well.

It was almost strictly a "Tax Revolt", as the colonists were ****ed that England raised taxes to pay for the recent French-American War ... that England financed on behalf of the colonies.

Revolutionaries are often revered when they win and vilified when they lose.

Looks like debt played a big part.