You want to check those dates again?

Post #157,893 by mmoffitt 5/31/04 8:04:31 PM Reply	You want to check those dates again? Look for dates involving: 1) Settlement of the Colonies 2) Declaration of Independence 3) Passage of "The Bill of Rights" 4) Battle of the Alamo MOST colonists could not afford the expense of firearms. Private ownership was rare from the first colonists through the passage of the BoR. bcnu, Mikem If you can read this, you are not the President.b
Post #157,918 by boxley 5/31/04 11:27:57 PM Reply	absolute bull puckey from a man who grew up in NC did you ever as a kid BOTHER to check your local history? Did you ever hunt minnie balls on a revolutionary battlefield? Since the BRITISH were in charge prior to the REVOLUTION didf the BRITISH arm the fucking colonists, because according to you the populace didnt own firearms. Did you ever visit the Alamance battleground and museum? Your view of History is the same as your view of hockey all emotion and no reason what you wish to be history wasnt. You suffer from a severe case of black adderism. thanx, bill Time for Lord Stanley to get a Tan questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #157,973 by mmoffitt 6/1/04 11:24:00 AM Reply	That we would owe to... the French! The new year, 1778, was a time of transition in the Revolutionary War because of Britain's inability to win in the northern colonies and because of the increasing part played by France. The French foreign minister, the Comte de Vergennes, eager to settle an old score with Britain, convinced his royal master Louis XVI to permit France to funnel secret aid to the patriots in 1776 and 1777. That aid took the form of the government's handing over munitions, arms, and clothing to the playwright Caron de Beaumarchais and his fake "Hortalez and Company," which in turn arranged with Benjamin Franklin and other patriot commissioners in Paris to have them shipped across the Atlantic. [link\|http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/OTHER.HTM\|http://www.americanr...m/files/OTHER.HTM] HTH. bcnu, Mikem If you can read this, you are not the President.
Post #157,974 by admin 6/1/04 11:44:32 AM 6/1/04 4:43:40 PM Reply	Somewhat OT: a single Frenchman More specifically, the successful prosecution of the American Revolution is owed to a single Frenchman, Lavoisier, who organized and modernized the French gunpowder industry to the extent that France's gunpowder became the best available, and France became a net exporter instead of an importer just in time to supply the Americans with the gunpowder they needed to win. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..." Edited by admin June 1, 2004, 04:43:40 PM EDT Expand All History

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