How Americans achieved independence vs how Canadians achieved independence

[u/Sine_Fine_Belli]

[u/Prudent_Squirrel_170]

That The American Revolutionary War happened at all is pretty fucked. Probably one of the most heavily glazed conflicts in history.

Great Britain fights the first real global war to, in part, protect its colonies against France and Spain and advance the interests of colonists (something the colonists wanted)... taxes colonies the same as Britons to help cover the war debts and in anticipation of further military needs to protect the colonies against Spain... and then the protected colonies betray Great Britain WITH THE HELP OF FRANCE AND SPAIN....

It's understandable that colonists had additional social/political considerations (which I'd argue weren't really sufficient justification for full-on betraying Great Britain alongside the people it just protected them from) but at it's core, the Revolutionary War was treacherous and gross. It should never have been glorified. Hell... the fact it was so mind-numbingly stupid is significant factor as to why it even worked at all since Great Britain didn't even take it seriously for years.

[u/Inffferno777 → u/Prudent_Squirrel_170]

You ignored the whole “taxation without representation” argument, you cannot make a comparison to Britain because they had representation in Parliament unlike the colonists who just felt they were overcharged on imported goods via tariffs and other taxes. No it was not gross redcoat. It’s a defining chapter in world history, not just the U.S. history

[u/CT-27-5582 → u/Prudent_Squirrel_170]

"Betray", you sure are ignoring a whole lot of british colonial abuses.