One aspect of the "war of Independence' that is rarely noted is the alliance between the Whig landowners and merchants in England and the Colonists.
The Colonies were supported throughout the long crisis and ensuing war by the great landowners who dominated the political scene. Their clash with George III and his 'friends' in Parliament led, in the end to the Rockingham Whigs taking power under Fox and, intellectually, Burke.
This alliance between the wealthiest Whigs, who regarded the country as theirs, as established, in their opinion, by the Revolution of 1688 and the 'whig' rebels in America has survived to this day in the alliance between the City and Wall St, the Washington elite and The Establishment.
Those who regard the Empire as having been continuous from the moment when London displaced Amsterdam to the present day recognise that the War in America was always a class war and that the winners then were closely allied to the evolving ruling class in the UK.
Incidentally there are a couple of typos in your exccellent introduction.
I am just thankful that a nation with such insane, blood-soaked foundations doesn't have any nuclear weapons.
Aahhhhhhh ...shit.
One aspect of the "war of Independence' that is rarely noted is the alliance between the Whig landowners and merchants in England and the Colonists.
The Colonies were supported throughout the long crisis and ensuing war by the great landowners who dominated the political scene. Their clash with George III and his 'friends' in Parliament led, in the end to the Rockingham Whigs taking power under Fox and, intellectually, Burke.
This alliance between the wealthiest Whigs, who regarded the country as theirs, as established, in their opinion, by the Revolution of 1688 and the 'whig' rebels in America has survived to this day in the alliance between the City and Wall St, the Washington elite and The Establishment.
Those who regard the Empire as having been continuous from the moment when London displaced Amsterdam to the present day recognise that the War in America was always a class war and that the winners then were closely allied to the evolving ruling class in the UK.
Incidentally there are a couple of typos in your exccellent introduction.