[DiogenesLamp]

1775: An expedition of 700 British regulars under the command of Lt. Col. Frances Smith departs Boston to seize and destroy military stores of the Massachusetts Militia in Concord. At dawn, 70 militia members led by Capt. John Parker meet the British at Lexington, and the two sides briefly skirmish. The Americans withdraw and regroup, attacking the redcoats again at North Bridge with a much larger force, forcing the British to turn back towards Boston.

The American Revolution has begun.

Those slave owning Americans should not have been allowed to secede from the United Kingdom because slavery is evil. First thing they did was to engage in armed insurrection against their Union.

[x]

Bandwith Hogg, are you going to jump onto every thread and make it about your own personal obsession?

[rockrr]

Well, that’s what you get for drinking all that Sterno.

[SoCal Pubbie]

They didn't have a Union. They were colonies, without representation, remember?

[jmacusa]

Lampster that wick of yours blew out a long time ago.

[DoodleDawg]

Those slave owning Americans should not have been allowed to secede from the United Kingdom because slavery is evil. First thing they did was to engage in armed insurrection against their Union.

The major difference being that they cared enough about their cause to win their rebellion. Unlike the Southerners in 1861-65.