The irony is if the British would have commissioned him as a British soldier like he wanted, he may have well ended up leading British troops against Americans.
In the Young Washington flick he was filled with piss and vinegar. Would he have been fragged in a different time?
Once again, Divine Providence enters the chat. Our nation was truly blessed.
“The irony is if the British would have commissioned him as a British soldier like he wanted, he may have well ended up leading British troops against Americans.”
That’s not likely.
American Colonials had a strong sense of identity separate from Mother England. Virginia was like a giant extended family of cousins. Washington’s line was intertwined with every prominent Virginia family of the time, he’d have been fighting his own people for filthy lucre.