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re: Check in if your State helped win the Revolution
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:30 am to KSGamecock
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:30 am to KSGamecock
Dude, if you're going to troll, don't try doing it with a subject you know nothing about.
OP: "Muh trolling is the funny."
I happen to like the subject, and am perfectly willing to throw down some facts in your stupid thread in an effort to make it at least interesting.
The West Florida campaign is actually a great story.
Also, I enjoy trolling the trolls. You bite every time.
OP: "Muh trolling is the funny."
I happen to like the subject, and am perfectly willing to throw down some facts in your stupid thread in an effort to make it at least interesting.
The West Florida campaign is actually a great story.
Also, I enjoy trolling the trolls. You bite every time.
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Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:30 am to KSGamecock
Without the french we would not be celebrating on this day. The USA most likely wouldn't exist as it is today
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:33 am to WildTchoupitoulas
You unironically resorted to posting about LSU football in this thread 
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Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:37 am to KSGamecock
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South Carolina in the Revolution
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Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward Jr., Thomas Lynch Jr., and Arthur Middleton signed the Declaration of Independence on behalf of South Carolina.
Both attended the oldest school in the state. The College of Charleston
CofC also has 3 signers of the constitution among our alumni (John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney).
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:37 am to KSGamecock
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You unironically resorted to posting about LSU football in this thread
I thought we needed some sports reference since this is the SEC rant, and not the Poli-board.
I'm going to need a bigger ice chest.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:41 am to KSGamecock
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South Carolina
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patriot irregulars
Checks out. The original trailer trash.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:14 am to KSGamecock
In pre-Revolution times, it was a clan of Scots that had settled in western South Carolina that kept the French from joining their northern American settlements with their southern American settlements.
The French were in Mobile, Biloxi, New Orleans, Natchez, etc. They were on friendly terms with the Choctaw Indians. The Chickasaw Indians to their north were bitter enemies of the Choctaw, so they became bitter enemies of the French. The Chickasaw sought the help of the Scots who were trading with them. The Scots got the British to supply the Chickasaw with weapons and training.
The French sent 2 armies to wipe out the Chickasaw. They were supposed to coordinate on an attack, but their timing was messed up, so there were 2 separate battles. The French attacked heavily armed and dug in troops that were now schooled in French battle tactics. It went poorly for the French in both battles, and they limped back to Mobile and never tried to conquer the region again.
Of course, the Scots expanded trade with the Chickasaw, and the English moved into the area in large numbers.
So, thanks, South Carolina.
The French were in Mobile, Biloxi, New Orleans, Natchez, etc. They were on friendly terms with the Choctaw Indians. The Chickasaw Indians to their north were bitter enemies of the Choctaw, so they became bitter enemies of the French. The Chickasaw sought the help of the Scots who were trading with them. The Scots got the British to supply the Chickasaw with weapons and training.
The French sent 2 armies to wipe out the Chickasaw. They were supposed to coordinate on an attack, but their timing was messed up, so there were 2 separate battles. The French attacked heavily armed and dug in troops that were now schooled in French battle tactics. It went poorly for the French in both battles, and they limped back to Mobile and never tried to conquer the region again.
Of course, the Scots expanded trade with the Chickasaw, and the English moved into the area in large numbers.
So, thanks, South Carolina.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:16 am to KSGamecock
The Loyalist-Patriot split in the southern colonies was pretty even, if not in favor of the Loyalists. Even without the Brits direct military involvement, a civil war played out in the South between both factions. Georgia didnt even send a representative to the first continental Congress assembly. So, it is just as likely that descendants of the southern colonies come from loyalists as it is that their forefathers were patriots.
Had the Brits reversed their strategy and seized control of the southern colonies and port cities early in the war, while leveraging that strong loyalist base and adopting a better counter insurgency strategy, things may have gone differently.
There were many great Patriots in the southern colonies, but the Southern Dept of the Continental Army had been completely destroyed twice. So, the patriot state militias working in conjunction with "northern" led continental army forces was a deciding factor. So, representing victories as GA Patriots or SC Patriots winning certain battles doesn't tell the whole picture either.
Had the Brits reversed their strategy and seized control of the southern colonies and port cities early in the war, while leveraging that strong loyalist base and adopting a better counter insurgency strategy, things may have gone differently.
There were many great Patriots in the southern colonies, but the Southern Dept of the Continental Army had been completely destroyed twice. So, the patriot state militias working in conjunction with "northern" led continental army forces was a deciding factor. So, representing victories as GA Patriots or SC Patriots winning certain battles doesn't tell the whole picture either.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:20 am to KSGamecock
OP it may worth your time to read a history book. The “Volunteers” for TN was coined during the revolutionary war at the Battle of Kings Mountain. Over 3200 soldiers from TN were given military pensions. The states you listed weren’t states during the revolutionary war, but that doesn’t mean those states made no contributions to the war. John Sevier served as a brigadier general for militias in NC, VA and TN and would later become the first governor of TN.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:26 am to lsufball19
Fake News
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:39 am to KSGamecock
Texas was a part of Spain at that time, which played a huge role in the war.
Spanish Texas in the American Revolution
Spanish Texas in the American Revolution
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:50 am to KSGamecock
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Alabama in the Revolution
Was not a state until 1819, since then help put man on the moon and make missles that protects American fronts, and been kicking arse in college football, fighting back the aggressive oppression of the Secrant.
The real War WW2
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One in ten Alabama citizens served in the armed forces during the WWII, and they witnessed everything from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the liberation of prisoners from Nazi concentration camps
Alabama Remembers
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:52 am to JCinBAMA
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JCinBAMA
Alabama is officially IN.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:55 am to KSGamecock
<---- click mePosted on 7/4/18 at 11:58 am to JCinBAMA
Great song man, you have solid tastes.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 12:02 pm to WildcatMike
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fine individuals- clooney
Have you seen Batman and Robin?
Posted on 7/4/18 at 1:29 pm to KSGamecock
Posted on 7/4/18 at 2:22 pm to 1badboy
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Louisiana, Andrew Jackson! I guess some of u dick heads have never read history! The battle of New Orleans?
Historical revision much?
Posted on 7/4/18 at 3:26 pm to ZouKeeper314
quote:this is true to a very large extent, but not necessarily due to the direct support the French offered the Colonists. The US Revolution was a distraction to the British empire that occurred in the middle of a great deal of global turmoil for them.
Without the french we would not be celebrating on this day. The USA most likely wouldn't exist as it is today
What is often underrepresented is how little value the British actually placed on the US colonies. Their true concern was maintaining the West Indies control of sugar. To which, 1000s of British soldiers were pulled out of the US fight over periods of times to quell uprisings and protect British interests in the Carribean.
For all intents and purposes, the British effort in the US revolution was initially a show of force. They could not afford to overextend themselves in North America while maintaining an empire.
What wasnt dedicated to the West Indies was spread throughout the Med (seige of Gibraltar), the African coast and heavily in India (a series of anglo-indian wars). Unrest on the European continent and Dutch, French and Spanish threats forced the Brits to weight their strategic efforts accordingly while maintaining sufficient forces at home to deter invasion.
Had strategic priority been placed on maintaining the US colonies, it certainly would have changed the state of the US today.
A rare thank you to ambitious continental European powers and a disgruntled India creating a happy distraction. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
Posted on 7/4/18 at 4:53 pm to KSGamecock
Louisiana won the Second War of Independence in Da Parish 
muh Treaty of Ghent...
muh Treaty of Ghent...
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