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Americans would 100% side with the British and betray the colonists during the war of independence (hexbear.net)
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"God damn Freemasons blocking the road again. I'm going to run them over with my horse"

"They dumped the WHAT?! That's it. I'm pro monarchy now."

"Benedict Arnold was a supporter of the RULE OF LAW"

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[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The American Revolutionary War was deeply controversial.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalists_fighting_in_the_American_Revolution

The number of Americans who adhered to the British side after fighting commenced is still debated. An American historian has estimated that about 450,000 Americans remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution.

100% chance of some Americans, not a 100% chance of 100% of Americans. No one gets 100% of Americans to anything.

[-] egg1918@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

For context the population of the colonies was about 2.5 million, so around 1/4 were loyalists

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