re: Just a quick reminder, about 20-30% of Americans supported our independence.

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We need smaller nation states with more local power and no conglomerate of assholes in one location above all.

Fatal flaw of our republic.

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It’s almost like we had it, right there in the palm of our hands.

Argylshire representing. My paternal ancestor arrived on The Unity in 1650. He fought on the side of the crown against Cromwell and was taken as POW after they were routed at the Battle of Dunbar. Indentured servant until he gained his freedom and settled in the Shenandoah. His grandchildren migrated to Western NC around Rutherford in the 1740s. Grandfather on moms side arrived in Charleston SC in the 1730s.

To the OPs point, there is a great book called 1775- A Good Year for Revolution written by Kevin Phillips that explains better than any other book that I have read on the subject the motivations to either join, stay neutral, or remain loyal to the crown along revional religious and economic lines. Each area (ex:south vs New England vs Mid-Atlantic ) were all very different in their motivations. Highly recommended read.

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eerily close to the 80/20 rule

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spot on as far as i'm concerned.

Were there documented polls in 1776 asking people who they were supporting?


Some of y’all are gullible as shite. This dude is going to drop percentages from 250 years ago with absolutely no data backing up his claim and the dumbshits who are on this board just eat it up.

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e badass revolutionaries

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Well, today's "badass revolutionaries" get a check from the same 'Government' which is nullifying the Constitutional Principles of the which they are paid to protect and defend. The Founders "feared a Central Bank more than a Standing Army". So...?

Said 'Government' prepares for the coming "engineered collapse via "Cloward-Piven" strategy toward "fundamental change", and the money printing guarantees that the USD goes down in order for "The Great Reset" to take it's place. "Lest ye worship the Beast, neither will ye be able to buy and sell". Even Revolutionaries have to eat and feed their families.

The Left watched (as this Forum did) that 'JohnMarkSpeaks' dude's video "Why the Right will win the coming Civil War" and went right to work changing the demographics by importing via an open Border, tens of millions - many hardened street warriors - who will fight for the government subsidized money of the which feeds their families.

It will ultimately be Jesus that steps in "for the sake of the elect" after our best efforts to unite and save Humanity by 'herding cats' instead of telling the truth goes down in flames. Lesson learned: Fermi Paradox; We can't cut it without help from 'Above'.

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the rest were indifferent, relatively fat and happy.

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Yeah, and the occupying Brits trusted those barbers and restaurant owners. That was a mistake.

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My father’s side of the family came over from Scotland as indentured servants, my great, great, great grandfather died in his late 50’s drying gunpowder during the Revolutionary War. You won’t find that information on the internet but you will find it on Ancestry.com if I gave you my grandfather’s surname.

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Isn't ancestory.com on the internet?

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Technically y’all are correct, the information is obtainable on the internet through Ancestry.com but I doubt if you did a simple Google search for revolutionaries who died drying gun powder will get a hit for my great, great, great grandfather. Maybe I should try….lol!

Oops, I was wrong.

Adonijah Peacock made gunpowder for the Continental Army on his farm which was located about two miles from here on what is now Brannin Road. In January 1777, he was killed when gunpowder he was drying exploded.

The death of my great, great, great grandfather.

If you read the link it’s pretty crazy. They had no good method to quickly dry gun powder in the 1700’s so Adonijah would dry the gun powder over a charcoal fire/embers in a pot/kettle. One would have to know it was dangerous but when General Washington is needing powder you take some calculated risks.

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Were there documented polls in 1776 asking people who they were supporting? Some of y’all are gullible as shite

. This dude is going to drop percentages from 250 years ago with absolutely no data backing up his claim and the dumbshits who are on this board just eat it up.

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The percentages I quoted came from a War Room Special this past 4th of July. The 30% support was the initial support when the war broke out, a quick Google search shows at no time did more than 45% of the colonists support the Revolutionary War, in fact it states the support varied depending on who the colonists believed were winning, so 30% support at the beginning of the war is very believable.

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At no time did more than 45 percent of colonists support the war, and at least a third of colonists fought for the British. Unlike the Civil War, which pitted regions against each other, the war of independence pitted neighbor against neighbor. Americans were not only rebelling against the mother country, they were fighting each other.

A higher percentage of the population died in the American Revolution than in any other war fought by Americans. As a result, more people who lived through the American Revolution knew someone who died or lost someone in the war, than in any war we have fought since.

Many Americans switched allegiance and changed signs during the revolution depending on which side was winning. For example, at one inn along a well-traveled road in New Jersey—what is today Route 1—the innkeeper would send a servant out to look down the road every morning and throughout the day. If an army was spotted, the servant was charged with identifying the colors and raising the corresponding flag to keep soldiers from burning down the inn.

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