Could the British have defeated the American Revolution if they'd done this?

[LSLGuy]

If only the Americans could have remembered that lesson for more than about 200 years. Now we have to depend on other nations to remember it for us.

[Northern_Piper]

@Beckdawrek

It showed others that Freedom is conceivable and obtainable.

Yes, it showed the political refugees who came to Canada, victims of ethnic cleansing by the revolutionaries, that the British Crown protected freedom and personal safety.

That’s how it was taught in our schools for at least a century.

[Ancient_Nerd]

@Northern_Piper

Yes, it showed the political refugees who came to Canada, victims of ethnic cleansing by the revolutionaries, that the British Crown protected freedom and personal safety.

Pig War (1859)

Relations between the US and Britain were pretty tense for almost 100 years after the revolution. The US and Iran seem to be at about the time frame as the war of 1812.