Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
...Before the Revolution most the of the population couldn't vote, and they still couldn't after the revolution...
After the Revolution every free man was entitled to vote.

In fact, I think you'll find the UK was ahead of the US there as well as in matters of slavery.
True, but not relevant.

Meh, I just don't think he should be lorded as a secular saint.
Of course not, but no reason to badmouth him either.


His military record speaks volumes.
Care to elaborate?

Are you willfully misinterpreting me? A British Colonist with a regular commission was equal to an Englishman with a regular commission.
No, I am willfully contradicting you. One reason why Washington limited his participation in the French and Indian campaigns: he didn't want to do it as a colonial officer, since even the most junior regular officer would outrank him. He found it humiliating and rightfully so.

Again, you are reading forward. The Greatest Colonial Power at this time was France, not Britain
This is arguable, since by 1770 France was completely kicked off the North American continent. Furthermore, be it first colonial superpower or the next one, Britain had a lot more in terms of resources, manpower and deployment ability than the colonists.

and the "professional" British Army was forged later in the Iberian Wars. During the Revolutionary War British units were still regularly raised and disbanded. Howe's army would have been built around a core of experienced units and newly raised battalions.
They have plenty of manpower. They refused to properly engage the manpower because they underestimated the rebellion, but that's another story. Sending mercenaries to crush the rebellion was their prerogative but hardly their only option.