The US was invented some 200 years ago. Could the Brits have whipped them if they'd wanted to?

Mr. Right

They tried and lost. Yeah, I'd loved to be taxed to death so the royal family can live the good life. No thanks, your government is crap.

pinkzzocran

Kid go back and relearn your history. The British empire did not want the immigrants of America to become a separate nation from England.They wanted them to conform and stay under the Queen.

Guy

Which Americans are you referring too. The rightful owners off America which are the native American Indians or the European settlers that referred to themselves as American.

hogdigerdy

i don't think so as the only reason the Americans actually won was because all the European countries that England had previously whooped joined on the American side. so actually America owes a debt of gratitude to the rest of Europe for there very existence

tony rome

They tried to beat us and LOST, I am not knocking England but i Thank God we are America!!! America has repayed France 10 times over, if were not for America the French would be speaking German

old know all

Running the American colonies was a business decision. We made an effort to prevent them running off with our investment, but there comes a time when you're chucking good money after bad. We would have beaten them had the French fleet not blockaded the East coast. Taking on the French as well made it a war not worth winning.

Just think, if it wasn't for the French, the USA would now be part of Canada.

Spuddy

The US wasn't "invented," it was founded.
Anyway, the Brits tried, and they lost.... but it wasn't because their forces were inferior to the colonists, it was because the French helped out. The French helped out the colonists because France wanted control of the New World, and they wanted to kick Britain out of it. Unfortunately for the French, the war pretty much bankrupted the country, among with some other factors, which lead to the French Revolution and the colonists being free from France trying to take over after the British were kicked out.

Mr Haun

I think it had something to do with running around the green forests of the Appalacians wearing red uniforms.

DJ King, K for Music & True Love

we still can, even now!!

robert c

But the British did whip them!Where?On the White House Lawn in 1812!

Dear Carlos

Well said, milord! The chaps are bounders! We'll show those colonials who's master here, wot? --Carlos, The 2nd Marquis de Sade

Darwin

i think USA can wipe out britain anytime now..

Leonard F

If they could have, why didn't they?

The Brits had a military style that was ill-suited to the terrain, and were too stubborn to adapt. That's why they gave up and said screw it.

It was something that was bound to happen eventually, no matter which country found the place. North America was too isolated to govern from that kind of distance.

Lastly, the fascist republic that the US has become is still better than any alternatives in current use elsewhere in the world.

dondon

no they could not whip America then or now as far as Americans being happy under Briton i don't think so giving a royal family part of our hard earned money we would Rather fund the war in Iraq and Afghanistan

Treffy

Perfidious Albion would not have been able to reclaim the colonies unless they were willing to commit considerable resources to the task. This is not only because the American colonies were supported by France(the most powerful country at the time) and Spain. The wild terrain of North America is suited to guerrilla warfare and insurgency. Much like the Iberian Peninsula and Afghanistan. The local forces have advantage in knowledge of the country, short supply lines, local support. The invader has very long supply lines, requires great numbers to control territory and is continually vulnerable. The local forces, though smaller and ill equipped, have much more staying power.

The Romans were only able to conquer the mountainous Iberian peninsula because they were willing to commit to 20 or more years of expensive attrition warfare. The wilds of America would afford the same advantages to the locals while Britain's staying power is tested.

Obviously, Britain did not have the resolve to win.

To Rio Madeira: France was allied to the U.S. during the War of 1812. Both sides failed miserably in attack but defended splendidly. North American terrain gives great advantage in defense.

The Lorax

It is very easy for any military strategist to question history. Hindsight is a b!tch. The biggest thing holding the British back was the British are just to pompous. Just look at some of the answers here. Some things never change.

That loss was a huge embarrassment for them.

This sounds like a cop out for losing a war to a bunch of farmers because you did not want to adapt.

Robert G

THey could have beaten america if they commited more resources to the war, but then they would have probably been conquered by France, something i don't think England was too interested in

Edit- By the way, i don't think Americans would be happier today sending all of our resources and profits over seas to a government that would probably see us as a cash cow

donnachain

that's why the yanks drink coffee.

Prophet 1102

Yes they could have - but they were trying to fight two+ wars simultaneoulsy. They were still having problems with the French and the Spanish. So they couldn't throw their full military weight against the Colonies. Plus they figured they would deal with the American problem at a later date (the war of 1812).

Rio Madeira

Correct me if I'm wrong, but . . . they DID want to. Americans also wanted to whip the British and the French in the War of 1812, but they failed miserably. Tit for tat.

Laela (Layla)

I strongly advise you to take off those red coats; it was not a deer hunting party you were on.

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