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American History

raccoon

(31,643 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2020, 05:00 AM Apr 2020

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I woke up with "Battle of New Orleans" in my head, so I'll ask. [View all]

I wonder if in the case of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, it wasn’t so much that the Americans beat the British. It was that the British decided it wasn’t worth the trouble. What do you think?

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I woke up with "Battle of New Orleans" in my head, so I'll ask. [View all] raccoon Apr 2020 OP

Some of both I suspect Sherman A1 Apr 2020 #1

If so, they were very prescient. hlthe2b Apr 2020 #2

Lol...I doubt they would agree whathehell Apr 2020 #5

I think whathehell Apr 2020 #3

Regarding The First, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #4

Had to be a combination of factors. 3Hotdogs Apr 2020 #6

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