Well, I stand corrected. I posted very late at nite for me (I work overnites) and my thinking cap may have been a bit askew at the time.


Except that I said, the American Revolution was the only rebelion going at the time. And according to the dates you posted above, I am right. But I'm not here to fight about it.


I should have prefaced my previous post by saying that I have almost no knowlege of Europen history prior to the 1800's or so, aside from a few medieval wars and battles. It simply was not touched on while I was in college. Shame about that. I would have like a bit of a more rounded curiculum regarding European wars in the 1700's. I will have to do a bit of reading and research into some of the other conflicts you mentioned Didz.

Of course I knew about the 7 Years War simply because it was in the foreground of world conflicts at the time of the Revolution, and was a major factor in the War for Independence. The 7 Years War kept England from throwing the full might of her armies at the American uprising. If England was not embroiled in conflict(s) in Europe, the Revolution would have been crushed in its infancy, and we would still be eating crumpets and having tea in the afternoon.