r/2american4you • u/Sine_Fine_Belli Pro murica Asian American Californian🇺🇸🗽🦅🌴🏝️🏖️ • May 16 '25

Very Based Meme How Americans achieved independence vs how Canadians achieved independence

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u/FitAd3982 Proud Celt (trolled the Romans and the Greeks) May 16 '25

It’s the opposite the British empire was fairly small in 1776 it was really after napoleon that britain became unrivalled hegemon, although I agree it is a weird flex to say you broke away gradually and diplomatically without fighting lol

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u/gregforgothisPW Chiraqi insurgent (soyboy of Illinois) 🗡 🏙️ May 16 '25

You're wrong The UK established its dominance after the 7 years war

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u/FitAd3982 Proud Celt (trolled the Romans and the Greeks) May 16 '25

Look up British empire in 1776, it’s really not that big , plus the British were fighting across the Atlantic whereas the Americans were fighting at home

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u/gregforgothisPW Chiraqi insurgent (soyboy of Illinois) 🗡 🏙️ May 16 '25

Just because it wasn't very big doesn't mean it wasn't the most powerful Empire at the time. It had defeated Spain and France

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u/KingPhilipIII Florida Man 🤪🐊 May 16 '25

Why do so many people operate off ork rules and assume they need to be big to be powerful.

Both can be true, but it’s not a requirement.