rvg, some couple of years later?

[Papewaio]

Napoleon just used a cannon. Canister shot is a good teacher.

You do realize my quote is from the Boston Massacre right?

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"On March 5, 1770 the Twenty-Ninth Regiment came to the relief of the Eighth on duty at the Customs House on King (now State) Street. The soldiers, led by Captain Thomas Preston, were met by a large and taunting crowd of civilians. Captain Preston was unable to disperse the crowd and as they chanted "Fire and be damned" he ordered his troops "Don't Fire!" With all the commotion the soldiers probably did not hear his orders and they opened fire on the crowd killing three men instantly and another two who died later."

It a) helped cement the British Empires loss of the lands.
b) In the cool headed trials that followed proved how advanced the colony was in handling such issues.

The founding fathers were both enlightened and politically astute in their handling of the situation. The British Empire was not.