“Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women”
Had George III been as determined as Lincoln, we would still be part of Britain. Make no mistake. The Full might of the British Empire would have ended us had they chose to wield it.
He forbore, Lincoln did not.
DiogenesLamp responding: "Had George III been as determined as Lincoln, we would still be part of Britain.
Make no mistake.
The Full might of the British Empire would have ended us had they chose to wield it.
He forbore, Lincoln did not."
No, in fact Britain's efforts in North American were the largest of its time, including over 100,000 troops and hundreds of British Navy ships, extended over six and a half years, with related battles against the French, Spanish & Dutch, everywhere from the Caribbean to Gibraltar to India.
The Brits did everything they could to defeat Americans, only giving up the fight when they had nothing left to put into it.
So, one difference between George III and Lincoln was not in their willingness, but rather in their ability, to conduct war against secessionists.
Another was the fact that, unlike Confederates on May 6, 1861, our Founders neither started nor formally declared war on the British Crown.