(04-20-2015, 02:42 PM)Aya Wrote:(04-20-2015, 02:16 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote: America declared independence, which was essentially bloodless, and then was promptly invaded by a foreign power.I just want to note that I think both of these assertions are entirely incorrect... :-X
(To clarify, there were large numbers of loyalists, but they're better treated as volunteers signing on with the british cause and british army. Loyalist regiments did not organize, and act of their own accord.)
Edit: Here's an example of just one such Loyalist Regiment.
Modern Canada was essentially founded by Loyalists fleeing newly independent American and potential retribution.
You didn't read your own link. They were commissioned by the british army by american volunteers in british territory.
They were then sent to fight in Florida against the spanish. Yes there were loyalists, yes they joined the british cause, I'm not disputing that.
However as soon as America declared independence, England was a foreign power. They were troops volunteering with a foreign power. The declaration of independence, and the fact that all the colonies sighed it /Was/ the revolution. The war afterwards was great Britain invading this new country called America.
Yes Canada was loyalists fleeing, because they /fled/ they did not stage organize resistance against the revolution, and after England invaded they did join up in some numbers, but again, it's a foreign power.
