Professor John McCurdy

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So it's not really a crazy idea to go take those weapons.

Right, right.

So it starts off pretty localized and there's a significant British defeat at what we call the Battle of Saratoga.

in upstate New York.

And at that point, it looks like the British aren't nearly as strong as everybody thought they were.

They're not going to be able to put down this revolt easily.

And at that point, France comes in and says, we will formally recognize the United States and provide you with money, weapons, army, navy.

And then this translates the war for independence into a global war.

Well, the French were looking to, I think, take Britain down a peg.

So Britain had become so, you know, exactly a longstanding dispute, certainly.

But but also this Britain was so successful in the Seven Years' War.

Right.

It had successes not just in North America and in Europe, but Africa, India, the Caribbean, France and Spain as well.

We're also sort of thinking Britain could lose a few colonies and not really suffer.

I mean, not really.

So this is one of the challenges, right?

So the British have a professional army.

They have trained soldiers.

They have the Bank of England so they can pay soldiers.

And the Americans have none of this.

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