I love this film but I dont agree that the French are the reason there is a USA today by the time they showed up our ancestors already had the Brits on the ropes. If anything they came for all the glory and none of the work.
Then you will need to ask yourself this question. What would have been the outcome of the Battle of Yorktown had the French not been allied with the Patriots and the French fleet was not there to prevent Cornwallis from escaping ?
@71superbee3 Well in the event that Cornwallis could have even gotten away we still would have won In England at the time of Yorktown the war was unpopular and costing to much in money and lives. Even if the Birts would try to come back chances are there would have been a coup in London. I dont care f you agree with me or not but I stand by my opinion.
Even though it's Hollywood. I still love this movie. It show's our American persevierence, heart, and spirit. The will to push on. Against an illiterate king's army. I have gripes with this film. The British NEVER burned churches or houses. They NEVER slaughtered civilians. There was one distinct general. That slaughtered fleeing American mulisha. Can't remember his name.This was a civil war for them. Soldier against civilian. I like to look at the war. With both perspectives.
@ProudFinn1 On one side. The English were in new lands that they have never been to. They stood tall and proud. Ready to defend the King's proclaims and virtues, at any second. But they were very afraid of us Americans. Because we were utilizing, Guerrilla Warfare tactics. We could pop out at any second. I assume that was severely nerve-racking. And on the other end. Is us Americans. Fighting a war for in independance. So that every man and woman has a fair shot in life.
@ProudFinn1 To live their lives, on their own accord. Without any king's consent or word. Our war was against the king. Not of our own people. Those led balls weren't for you. They were for your king, and his parliament. RIP American and British Soldiers.
@ProudFinn1 of course you love this movie. it was made only to flatter your american ego and make you feel proud while the whole world make fun of you...
@ProudFinn1 of course you love this movie. it was made only to flatter your american ego and make you feel proud while the whole world make fun of you...
Cornwallis' sword went to US Gen Lincoln, the same general he defeated at Charleston.
The British couldnt bear admitting that the Americans defeated them, they still dont today...so they cleverfully tried surrendering to the French instead. Rochambeau turned it down and sent the British to the Colonials
.... whereupon it is noted that Cornwallis would not surrender his sword to Washington but appointed his second in command, Gen O'Hara to relinquish it. Gen.Washington then sent his second in command to accept it.
@USMarineRifleman0311 It's sad that they would rather concede victory to their most bitter and long time enemy, over conceding to a bunch of "irrelevant" rebels.
its the irrelevant rebels that captured Burgoyne's Army at Saratoga, won 60+ land victories before the French arrived.
It was also the irrelevant rebels that set the stage for Cornwallis' defeat a Yorktown. Nathanial Greene's army had spent and weakened Corny's army in the years prior. At Guilford Courthouse he lost 1/4 of his men, and Tarleton at Cowpens with the rest of the loyalist militia.
all of this prior to the battle we know as Yorktown 1781.
The British and the Americans both fought for what they believed in. End of story. Whether people won or lost, whether an empire existed now or not so long ago, its hsitory, its interesting and fun but you cant change it
United States of America and France were allies, are allies and will be allies for ages. Without France there is no USA, without USA there wouldn't be France (WW2). Thank you to the French people and best wishes to you all. Happy Holiday.
hint: Divide to rule but Unite to lead. United we stand.
@nttb6403 Happy new year to you my brother!I'm French!(I call you my brother 'cause we have the same ancestors lol)USA will be allies with all countries of Europe!I hope....We must defend occidental culture and our liberty together!God bless america,Europe and you!Aurevoir!!!!;-)
Je suis Français, je vis au Etats Unis depuis 2005. J'ai adoré cette scène avec les 2 pays que je porterais toujours dans mon coeur..
J'ai regardé ce film avec des collègues Américains qui me chambrait parceque Lafayette pour eux avait un comportement de "gay" et à la vue de cette scène ils m'ont regardés et dit: " Wow..Putain mec je savais pas sa.." J'étais trop fier
I'm French, I live in USA since 2005, I'm so proud when i see that, the two countries in my heart.I've seen this movie with 2 American friends and they didn't know anything about their own history..They mocked Lafayette because he was "Gay" for them..When they saw that i looked at them and they told me: " Wow..We didn't knwo that" I was fucking proud !
@Imperialmatty Well if you didn't treat the "colonies" like shit after all the did for the crown some 20 years before the Rev. Then the war never would have happened.
"Sir, it looks like we lost the war, well wanna go drink some tea while building massive empire and not caring for those stupid americans before germans kick our asses?" "Jolly good lieutenant, and dont forget defeating France couple more times before we ally with them."
Hah. Well, from that I see that France was definately being sly. Lets be honest, without the moderate success of the Continentals and Militia in the South, the USA would not have formed. British General Clinton held New York with a fleet and 8,000 men. He directly ordered Cornwallis (his closest inferior) to withdraw straight to New York to combine forces. Cornwallis's Etonian arrogance led him to stay at Yorktown - we know the outcome. If he obeyed, Britain could have won easily.
@thedilltillman Also, why should YOU feel ashamed...it was nothing to do with you. Yes, I am obviously proud of Britain and being British, but thats more for Scientific reasons. I am a Palaeontology student. That alone comes from Britain, Dinosauria etc British. Our inventions make the modern world, including many which Americans claim (TV, electrical lightnening etc THOUSANDS of others) Britain is was Great. It can still be Great.
@ThePalaeontologist ...PRE-FRENCH REVOLUTION - so Vive Liberte is massive unimaginable bullshit for a term to be used in this film in this time.
6. This effort - the construction of an entire tall ship french fleet and arming of a 10,000 strong army to send to help the rebels +advisors etc - bankrrupted France, in no small part leading to the French Revolution. While french citizens starved to death, this is what they did? Make war? Oh yeah right on.
8. Around 1/3 of Americans were in favour of the British Empire and the Loyalists fought on bravely against barbaric cruelty on the part of the Rebels - massacres were common and inflicted by the rebels arguably illegally.
9. 1/2 of the 'British' army strength in this sector (this 1/2 around 20,000 men) were Hessians, given as a gift to King George. They were generally reliable but sometimes weak.
10. Btw, the 'church burning' scene in this was not done by the...
@ThePalaeontologist ...Dragoons of Banastre Tarleton (aka fictitious 'Tavington') but done by rebels chasing his company after a) the company performed a successful mission and b) the rebels lost a skirmish. They did it to inflame the hatred of Tarleton and the British - AMERICANS did the church burning to frame the British.
11. 'Tavington' (Tarleton) was a brave leader and though harsh and in support of the slave trade, went on to die PEACEFULLY as MP for Liverpool.
@ThePalaeontologist ...portrayed as a hero, slave liberator, pacifist, veteran of the Seven Years War, and even handed good man. In truth, the 'Swamp Fox' his 'Ghost' alter ego is based on, was a) Murderer including killer of POW's. b) Wife beater. c) Rapist. d) Plantation Slave OWNER and beater. e) Not a war vet. f) Alcohol. g) Likely Died of war wound sustained from BRITISH steel.
@ThePalaeontologist Oh and in detail on those warships, they were designed for some reason in the Napoleonic Era 'Black and Yellow Gold' colours used ONLY by the British Royal Navy - years after this and certainly not by the French. In fact, the French fleet would have been plain brown, stright off the docks sawn fresh for war and not so pretty as this. Also, I would bet the ships in this film have copperbottoms - a British only invention, which helped streamlining and speed. Superior ships.
@ThePalaeontologist Who cares at the End of the day the US still won it's freedom Britain gave up the Louisiana to France and Florida to Spain. It's well known in the States that without the European allies the war would have been lost but up till 1778 The rebel army manged to fight the Brtiish a stalemate practily. Which would show France that we could fight and win freedom. Why they joined in 1778 after Saratoga and signed a pact.
@TheIceman567 When i say France was being sly, I mean, it would have left your forebears to rot without the victories made against Britain. Saratoga was a terrible blow to the British in North America, yet could have been recovered from. Afterall, Britain won most battles and had routed Washington from the North and in the North generally held sway. Basically, France was a nasty little coward lying in wait. Britain simultaneously held off the Dutch, Spanish, French and Rebels for a long time.
@ThePalaeontologist Also, the Prussians sent instructors to aid the Continentals. Britain was being sniped at be inferior European powers. Oh and, I hate when Americans backhand people from across the Atlantic as 'the Europeans' including the British. Yes, Geographically Britain is within Europe, but culturally we are very unique, and Americans have this careless way of ignoring the fact they are mainly Europeans abroad. USA is a powerful Brat nation now...forgetting its parentage is British.
@TheIceman567 Meh. Like I say a while back the British power grew until just after the end of WW1, which itself cost the Empire nearly a million men and sapped the economy considerably. Only after the Wall Street Crash and WWII did the British Empire finally begin to die off. In fairness, the Imperial period can be split into several phases distinct from each other. Even so, the British Imperium lasted a very long time. America will never match Britain's historic HYPER power status. USA declines
@ThePalaeontologist And who is now a superpower... it's called an alliance, and allies help each other. Just shows you what people will do to gain freedom. Not many countries can see why America fights so hard for their freedom, we have been fighting for it for 300 years.
@71superbee3 The British never slaughtered anyone in America...the plot is exaggerated on purpose to make the film better! Relax dude xD Rule Brittania!
When I think of how the colonies and the U.K. fought, it seems like it was just a wall that needed to be broken. But now, americans, french, british, canadians, and even some middle eastern allies fight together. The wall is slowly breaking. God bless the world who fight together!
I don't know were you have found this silly comment of mine but I'm really amazed that you have read all my comments on my channel (???)
This comments was dated of 1 years I don't really thought about what I've said, we all have been hypocrite once on is life...
Anyway Russia is an ally of France but not as greater as USA we are in NATO and Russia insulted us since the war in Lybia and before but they also attacked Georgia and its sovreignty this country is corrupt.
@Spark02ify Well ,Russia isn't an Ally of France. France only try's to keep good relations because France like the rest of Europe need the gas and oil Russia holds. Your two countries are nowhere near allies they have nuke's not only pointed at Washington and London but also Paris. But yes i agree we've all been hypocrite's at least once in our life's but that's how man kind is. " my comments on my channel " No but it helps to know who are your true friends and foes.
@tburzio Why would we throw off the monarchy? They don't rule us. It's just a ceremonial position and they have no real political power. What they do do however is bring in £200,000,000 to our economy every year from farming the Royal estates and up to £7,000,000,000 every year from tourism (mainly yanks wanting to come and see royalty. Thanks for that :D. )
In return she and her family gets a fixed slary of £40,000,000.
@barceygodwin The American revolution was pontless. The USA would of been given semi-independence in the late 19th century and full indpenedence in the early 20th. The war was just a waste of lives.
Also I highly advise YOU to go back to 4th grade history if you don't even know the name of the country the rebels were trying to break away from. It was BRITAIN not England. England only makes up about half of Britain and about half of of the British army is either Scottish, Irish or Welsh.
The scene with the French ships was my favorite. I just really like scenes whether it's in a movie or a show or anime where allies come and surround the enemy. Go France!!
@AlvinSpitoon general washinighton indeed was in newyork general cornwallis attacked from the south to finish off washnington. tho conrwallis lost the battle of cowpens shown in this movie. then got the order from highcommand to go to yorktown near the cost to setup a navy supply base/stronghold. and wait for the brittish fleet unfortatly for cornwallis the brittish fleet was destroyed by the french who were also heading there. and by that cornwallis was surrounded and had no way out
@wolffromsteam You don't understand, it is completely different. One for some reason in the movie it makes Yorktown appear that it's at the edge of the open sea, when in reality the place is further inland along the banks of a river.
Il est assez marrant de constater que la Guerre d'indépendance US a bien duré 5 ans.... or les enfants de Benjamin Martin n'ont pas vieilli d'un poil.... lol....
It's a cute ending but the bit with the baby at the end's kinda funny... you'd assume that the kids would probably see the baby as their half sibling but it's still their cousin through the aunt...
you see a major factor in the war was the british didn't respect the americans just a bunch of peasents they said, bloody yanks we were, but if they treated the rag tag group of rebels like a real nation then it might have turned out differently.
This movie is also absurd in that the French soldier says "Vive le liberté" when France was an absolute monarchy far more despotic than England in 1781. What "liberté" was he referring to? Because there wasn't any in France unless you were a noble or a Bishop.
@LordClaremorris It was an absolute monarchy but there were also tons of people who sympathized with the ideas of the Enlightenment. The French Revolution didn't appear out of thin air.
This moment in the film is showing Ben Martin who did not trust the French and had fought against the French, swallowing his pride and praised the French Fleet and the nation that sent them. Jean Villeneuve offered his expertise in the training of the militia as well as taking part in the battles. Risking his life in the cause of liberty. No more complicated than that.
@Aiden237 i don't know, im 25% french (they owned a cotton plantation) and they came to the US before France had it's revolution. after the revolution i notice that the country became....more.....like sissys
@Hawkins1117 You're fucking joking right? Only after the French Revolution and Napoleon's rise to power did France become master of practically all Europe.
@latinoheat300 i never said they were "masters of Europe" i just said that before the revolution they could actaully hold thier own in a fight. now they can't
@Hawkins1117 Let me guess, you're basing that statement off the fact that the Germans won against them in WWII? It's an asinine assertion, fact is any country would have fallen when faced against the Wehrmacht, the greatest military of the modern era. It is folly to condemn France's quite impressive military history that stands to this day on that one loss, had it been a one on one deal the USA too would have been defeated, it took an alliance of the World to defeat Germany.
@latinoheat300 actaully Frances strategy to defending from the germans was pointing at the German boarder and thinking that deep forrest to the north could keep the germans from comming up behind them. That was a stupid idea. They don't have a very good military
@Hawkins1117 A grave miscalculation certainly, but not necessarily one to lose the entire War. Even through that mishap the Germans showed incredible tactics and performance in so quickly dispatching France. Not 25 years ago they couldnt do the same, the French couldnt turn weak in that time surely?
Plus after the static nature of WWI you can be excuse them for believing that trench warfare would again be the dominant mode of warfare and thus putting so much of their trust in the Maginot line.
u french people take a lot of credit for that the british only sent a quater of the empire to fight and im happy america won but i dont see any french fighting aleast we dont surrender when germany takes a step in the country
@DarkAvenger1997 Germany never took a step in our country. So that was a stupid comparison. Not to mention that France in 1940, when it lost, had more men in the field against Germany than we did in 1945, despite being so much more populous than France. If we fought the Germans in 1940 we would have been stomped far worse than the French were, seeing as how our Army was smaller than Portugal's and France's was one of the best in the World. Get your head out of your ass.
I was born an American citizen & still am. I am VERY proud of being an American & love my nation VERY much even though I don't live in the USA anymore(work). I do think though more Americans should give credit to the French for the HUGE amount of help they gave us during the Revolutionary War. If it wasn't for the French I am sure the war would have been MUCH harder on the colonies, & might have even been lost. Yes we saved them in 2 world wars, but they were a VITAL part in founding our nation.
@BeamMeUpSir No "IF" .. the U.S. had virtually no navy in 1776, and the British forces which existed in the colonies were but a fraction of their strength worldwide. The only thing keeping the British from landing troops in overwhelming force was the French navy, combined with the threat of French aggression against other colonies which pinned British forces in farflung corners of the world. Not to mention, France supplied most guns and nearly ALL of the gunpowder used by the colonists ...
@l30uNtyHuNtreZ Well I didn't know the specifics, & I dont like to say things in certainty, but thats always what I assumed. Thanks for all the info though, it clears up up a lot of stuff ! =)
@BeamMeUpSir No problem =) I love my birth-country (US), but also my second and ancestral home (France). I just don't understand the animosity that exists between some of the people. US history tends to mythologize and promote the idea that we, alone, infallibly conquered 'everything' ...this, however, has no basis in fact. The US is a melting pot of European and First Nations, who came from Asia. Why some still seem incapable of accepting and celebrating our 'shared' history is beyond me ..
@BeamMeUpSir As per World War 1, France didn't need saving by or from anybody - being by far the most powerful western allied nation (except at sea, where Britain reigned). It was the Germans who went to Supreme Allied Commander, French General Foch, to offer terms - not the other way around. The U.S. entry loaned great manpower and material strength, but the U.S. army and air force needed to procure great quantities of French equipment to modernize (French politically-preferred over English).
@l30uNtyHuNtreZ sorry my stupid iphone auto correct. I meant world war 2 nnot 2 world wars. It was my understanding that France @ the turn of the 20th century had the most technologically advanced military in Europe. Though the Germans had reached the outskirts of paris the battle of Marne effectively put both in such a dead lock in the trenches they both suffered but gained little.I thought the allies held out till 1918 then the germans had to sue for an armistice because defeat was inevitable?
@BeamMeUpSir No. At all times after 1871 Germany has had a much better military than France, and was also much more populous and stronger economically. After the failure on the Marne the younger von Moltke was replaced, and Falkenhayn and Hindenburg/Ludendorff competed for what strategy Germany should pursue. Generally the Germans took the defensive in the West and the offensive in the East, because Russia was weaker than France and more likely to be defeated.
If we went to war with Britain again, would we beat them again? Probably not, with the mounting debt and our government's approval ratings, some of us might defect, lol.
The Revolutionary ware came down to who wanted it more. Americans wanted independence so badly they threw away the "correct" and "polite" way to fight and used fricken guerilla tactics. Britain had no idea it was coming, and no soldiers were trained that way. Even in Corwallis's diary he said he had no idea how to combat the USA's way of fighting.
@NotMiceElf123 Not so. If the French had not come, Cornwallis might have very well taken his army and conquered New York, therefore beheading the Revolution, and slicing the back of the colonial cause. Even worse, the British could have landed more troops, which they might very well have done if not for the French, and routed Washington entirely, boxing him in. The Revolution would be TOAST without France, buddy.
@incinerator327 yeah, one third of the USA was French. South Louisiana to North Dakota, Montana and Minnesota. The English kingdom was the enemy of France. France had an army in America and helped the American citizen to be free. 1776 The insurgents received support from French volunteers, and the King of France Louis XVI. In 1803 Napoleon Emperor of France sold the territory for Jefferson. The French colony became American. this America that we know today.
When I see the French General in the end at 3:28 I see the ideas of the liberty & of the sovereignty of the People and the Nation who increase in his mind & who prepare few years later the French Revolution of 1789 who changed Europe and the world
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Long Live the Liberty, Long Live the Republic and the Sovereign People !!!
@paulypaulification it was at Ramsour's Mills, he was so infuriated with Gen. Greene and being too slow to catch him with all his equipment that he had it burned. dumb move.
@RyZombie619 Thanks,but it could not have been there,it was somewhere in Davidson County along Abbots Creek. There is supposedly a treasure buried there.
@paulypaulification read about it in a book for my US Military History class called The American Way of War by Russell F. Weigley, its packed with info, check it out
I am as ardent an American as everyone, but recall that the American Revolution was not LOST by GB nor WON by the colonists. The British were simply tired of fighting what they viewed as a pointless war that seemed to have no end. Without the French, the American cause would have been hard pressed to continue on. Remember GB was fighting alone against the colonists, France, Spain, and Holland. She had to defend the rest of her empire as well as fight the American Revolution.
@brennan5690 LOL A strange vision of the History you are you ahahaha a strange but usually vision of a typical roastbeef-mind ^^ The Brits lost on the ground... FINAL POINT ! Only a pure fanatic roasbeef-mind can to dare such liars about History like yours !! ... The colonists France, Spain & Holland ??!!!!! OK if you want ^^ BUT you dont forget one country ??!!! LOL The big bad colonist in the North America were so far the English !!! ... Long Live the Revolutions for a Sovereign People !!!
I agree some but I also disagree. When the British were in Yorktown they couldn`t evacuate they were stuck, they were surrounded. They didn`t surrender because the war was pointless. The war had a point and that point was to get our independence from England. They had to surrunder to save there own lives. How can you call your self an american if you say that the Revolutionary war was pointless. You may need to refresh you history and go to the 4th grade to learn about the Revolutionary war.
@ThePelucita18 Where? De Grasse was defeated by Rodney at the Saintes, the French and Spanish failed to take Gibraltar, or Jamaica. The Spanish were defeated by Howe at Cape St. Vincent, and the Dutch were defeated by Dundonald at Dogger Bank. The Americans lost most of the battles, and suffered far more than the British, seeing as how Great Britain itself was not a battlefield at any time. Plus we failed miserably in Canada, you're dreaming.
I love this film but I dont agree that the French are the reason there is a USA today by the time they showed up our ancestors already had the Brits on the ropes. If anything they came for all the glory and none of the work.
ultrajd 2 days ago
@ultrajd
Then you will need to ask yourself this question. What would have been the outcome of the Battle of Yorktown had the French not been allied with the Patriots and the French fleet was not there to prevent Cornwallis from escaping ?
71superbee3 2 days ago
@71superbee3 Well in the event that Cornwallis could have even gotten away we still would have won In England at the time of Yorktown the war was unpopular and costing to much in money and lives. Even if the Birts would try to come back chances are there would have been a coup in London. I dont care f you agree with me or not but I stand by my opinion.
ultrajd 2 days ago
Even though it's Hollywood. I still love this movie. It show's our American persevierence, heart, and spirit. The will to push on. Against an illiterate king's army. I have gripes with this film. The British NEVER burned churches or houses. They NEVER slaughtered civilians. There was one distinct general. That slaughtered fleeing American mulisha. Can't remember his name.This was a civil war for them. Soldier against civilian. I like to look at the war. With both perspectives.
ProudFinn1 3 weeks ago
@ProudFinn1 On one side. The English were in new lands that they have never been to. They stood tall and proud. Ready to defend the King's proclaims and virtues, at any second. But they were very afraid of us Americans. Because we were utilizing, Guerrilla Warfare tactics. We could pop out at any second. I assume that was severely nerve-racking. And on the other end. Is us Americans. Fighting a war for in independance. So that every man and woman has a fair shot in life.
ProudFinn1 3 weeks ago
@ProudFinn1 To live their lives, on their own accord. Without any king's consent or word. Our war was against the king. Not of our own people. Those led balls weren't for you. They were for your king, and his parliament. RIP American and British Soldiers.
ProudFinn1 3 weeks ago
@ProudFinn1
Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
71superbee3 3 weeks ago 4
@ProudFinn1
...George III was extremely educated, so I don't know what you mean by calling him illiterate.
The Colonists were at Civil War, mr ProudFinn; they did many attrocities to each other.
but yes, there are no records of the British regulars burning anything down via malicious intent
LiamUe 3 weeks ago
@ProudFinn1 of course you love this movie. it was made only to flatter your american ego and make you feel proud while the whole world make fun of you...
sparrow2202 1 week ago
@sparrow2202
At least the US wasn't made fun of while we helped liberate France in WW II. A debt paid in full.
71superbee3 2 days ago
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@ProudFinn1 of course you love this movie. it was made only to flatter your american ego and make you feel proud while the whole world make fun of you...
sparrow2202 1 week ago
LOL THEY STILL HAVE THOSE DOGS
DevilsFan973 4 weeks ago
Cornwallis' sword went to US Gen Lincoln, the same general he defeated at Charleston.
The British couldnt bear admitting that the Americans defeated them, they still dont today...so they cleverfully tried surrendering to the French instead. Rochambeau turned it down and sent the British to the Colonials
USMarineRifleman0311 4 weeks ago 3
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.... whereupon it is noted that Cornwallis would not surrender his sword to Washington but appointed his second in command, Gen O'Hara to relinquish it. Gen.Washington then sent his second in command to accept it.
71superbee3 4 weeks ago
@USMarineRifleman0311 It's sad that they would rather concede victory to their most bitter and long time enemy, over conceding to a bunch of "irrelevant" rebels.
SuperSparrow45 4 weeks ago
@SuperSparrow45
Pride is a funny thing.
71superbee3 4 weeks ago
@SuperSparrow45
its the irrelevant rebels that captured Burgoyne's Army at Saratoga, won 60+ land victories before the French arrived.
It was also the irrelevant rebels that set the stage for Cornwallis' defeat a Yorktown. Nathanial Greene's army had spent and weakened Corny's army in the years prior. At Guilford Courthouse he lost 1/4 of his men, and Tarleton at Cowpens with the rest of the loyalist militia.
all of this prior to the battle we know as Yorktown 1781.
USMarineRifleman0311 2 weeks ago
@USMarineRifleman0311
that was Clinton* in command of Charleston. Not Conrwallis.
And the difference between the two battles was several thousand French and German soldiers and a naval Fleet. Of the French Empire.
LiamUe 3 weeks ago
good for what i need for school report
TheAssasinShark 1 month ago
The British and the Americans both fought for what they believed in. End of story. Whether people won or lost, whether an empire existed now or not so long ago, its hsitory, its interesting and fun but you cant change it
TheLolbot3000 1 month ago
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dmax631 1 month ago
I Used to be a great British Commander, but then I took an America to the Knee.
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Aerosol2207 1 month ago
@Aerosol2207
Post anything like that again and you will be blocked, permanently.
People, this is a movie. The United States, Great Britain, and France are now allies.
Enough with the insults and vulgarities.
71superbee3 1 month ago
United States of America and France were allies, are allies and will be allies for ages. Without France there is no USA, without USA there wouldn't be France (WW2). Thank you to the French people and best wishes to you all. Happy Holiday.
hint: Divide to rule but Unite to lead. United we stand.
nttb6403 1 month ago 4
@nttb6403 Happy new year to you my brother!I'm French!(I call you my brother 'cause we have the same ancestors lol)USA will be allies with all countries of Europe!I hope....We must defend occidental culture and our liberty together!God bless america,Europe and you!Aurevoir!!!!;-)
Dimi10b 1 month ago
@thedilltillman you really shouldnt, but in this day and age both of us should feel like dicks for what our countries are doing to the world.
Grunt922 2 months ago
Je suis Français, je vis au Etats Unis depuis 2005. J'ai adoré cette scène avec les 2 pays que je porterais toujours dans mon coeur..
J'ai regardé ce film avec des collègues Américains qui me chambrait parceque Lafayette pour eux avait un comportement de "gay" et à la vue de cette scène ils m'ont regardés et dit: " Wow..Putain mec je savais pas sa.." J'étais trop fier
xByTheGraceOfGodx 2 months ago 2
I'm French, I live in USA since 2005, I'm so proud when i see that, the two countries in my heart.I've seen this movie with 2 American friends and they didn't know anything about their own history..They mocked Lafayette because he was "Gay" for them..When they saw that i looked at them and they told me: " Wow..We didn't knwo that" I was fucking proud !
xByTheGraceOfGodx 2 months ago
viva la france viva napoleon viva france and america sticking as allies since 1781
wolffromsteam 2 months ago
One moment of pride in France's unsuccessful and pathetic naval history. Britain's navy was and is superior in every way. Kudos, France.
ashtonmadhatter 2 months ago
@ashtonmadhatter Really pathetic and unsuccessful ?
hamsterdj78 2 months ago
*French
Imperialmatty 2 months ago
perfect we protect the colonies from france and return the colonies unite with the france
Imperialmatty 2 months ago
@Imperialmatty Well if you didn't treat the "colonies" like shit after all the did for the crown some 20 years before the Rev. Then the war never would have happened.
TheIceman567 2 months ago
200 years later, the French and Americans still stand Side by Side!
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shinchan123450 2 months ago
"Sir, it looks like we lost the war, well wanna go drink some tea while building massive empire and not caring for those stupid americans before germans kick our asses?" "Jolly good lieutenant, and dont forget defeating France couple more times before we ally with them."
(British sailing away)
Vampirewolfking 2 months ago
I hope America thrives, i hope our nations surpasses any in history for longevity..
Theambasaman 2 months ago
God Bless Lafayette and Rochambeau.
AuxaneD 2 months ago
@AuxaneD And Washington!
TheIceman567 2 months ago
I love the intelligent conversations here where on other videos all everyone say is "THis video is GAy"
mammothgirl714 2 months ago 6
@mammothgirl714
One only needs to clean house when necessary. Thanks to all for keeping the comments civil. ::thumbs up::
71superbee3 2 months ago 7
vive la libertè!!!grande scena
isha52 3 months ago
Hah. Well, from that I see that France was definately being sly. Lets be honest, without the moderate success of the Continentals and Militia in the South, the USA would not have formed. British General Clinton held New York with a fleet and 8,000 men. He directly ordered Cornwallis (his closest inferior) to withdraw straight to New York to combine forces. Cornwallis's Etonian arrogance led him to stay at Yorktown - we know the outcome. If he obeyed, Britain could have won easily.
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@thedilltillman Also, why should YOU feel ashamed...it was nothing to do with you. Yes, I am obviously proud of Britain and being British, but thats more for Scientific reasons. I am a Palaeontology student. That alone comes from Britain, Dinosauria etc British. Our inventions make the modern world, including many which Americans claim (TV, electrical lightnening etc THOUSANDS of others) Britain is was Great. It can still be Great.
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
You must be mentally derranged to take this as REAL history. Yes, Britain lost the war strategically. But here is the historical TRUTH;
1. Britain was not even trying to win with public dislike of the war (so not evil, but liberal), with interests in the Far East taking priority.
2. Britain won 9/10 battles.
3. France saved the Continentals.
4. France, Spain AND Holland sided with the Rebel Army, because Britain had kicked all their asses fair and square before this war.
5. This is...
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist ...PRE-FRENCH REVOLUTION - so Vive Liberte is massive unimaginable bullshit for a term to be used in this film in this time.
6. This effort - the construction of an entire tall ship french fleet and arming of a 10,000 strong army to send to help the rebels +advisors etc - bankrrupted France, in no small part leading to the French Revolution. While french citizens starved to death, this is what they did? Make war? Oh yeah right on.
7. British Imperial Power GREW until 1922.
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist Also...
8. Around 1/3 of Americans were in favour of the British Empire and the Loyalists fought on bravely against barbaric cruelty on the part of the Rebels - massacres were common and inflicted by the rebels arguably illegally.
9. 1/2 of the 'British' army strength in this sector (this 1/2 around 20,000 men) were Hessians, given as a gift to King George. They were generally reliable but sometimes weak.
10. Btw, the 'church burning' scene in this was not done by the...
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist ...Dragoons of Banastre Tarleton (aka fictitious 'Tavington') but done by rebels chasing his company after a) the company performed a successful mission and b) the rebels lost a skirmish. They did it to inflame the hatred of Tarleton and the British - AMERICANS did the church burning to frame the British.
11. 'Tavington' (Tarleton) was a brave leader and though harsh and in support of the slave trade, went on to die PEACEFULLY as MP for Liverpool.
12. Mel Gibson is...
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist ...portrayed as a hero, slave liberator, pacifist, veteran of the Seven Years War, and even handed good man. In truth, the 'Swamp Fox' his 'Ghost' alter ego is based on, was a) Murderer including killer of POW's. b) Wife beater. c) Rapist. d) Plantation Slave OWNER and beater. e) Not a war vet. f) Alcohol. g) Likely Died of war wound sustained from BRITISH steel.
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist Oh and in detail on those warships, they were designed for some reason in the Napoleonic Era 'Black and Yellow Gold' colours used ONLY by the British Royal Navy - years after this and certainly not by the French. In fact, the French fleet would have been plain brown, stright off the docks sawn fresh for war and not so pretty as this. Also, I would bet the ships in this film have copperbottoms - a British only invention, which helped streamlining and speed. Superior ships.
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist *alcoholic
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist Who cares at the End of the day the US still won it's freedom Britain gave up the Louisiana to France and Florida to Spain. It's well known in the States that without the European allies the war would have been lost but up till 1778 The rebel army manged to fight the Brtiish a stalemate practily. Which would show France that we could fight and win freedom. Why they joined in 1778 after Saratoga and signed a pact.
TheIceman567 3 months ago
@TheIceman567 When i say France was being sly, I mean, it would have left your forebears to rot without the victories made against Britain. Saratoga was a terrible blow to the British in North America, yet could have been recovered from. Afterall, Britain won most battles and had routed Washington from the North and in the North generally held sway. Basically, France was a nasty little coward lying in wait. Britain simultaneously held off the Dutch, Spanish, French and Rebels for a long time.
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist Also, the Prussians sent instructors to aid the Continentals. Britain was being sniped at be inferior European powers. Oh and, I hate when Americans backhand people from across the Atlantic as 'the Europeans' including the British. Yes, Geographically Britain is within Europe, but culturally we are very unique, and Americans have this careless way of ignoring the fact they are mainly Europeans abroad. USA is a powerful Brat nation now...forgetting its parentage is British.
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist Well you held up off till you surrendered you mean and the its parentageof Americans is German Jedi knight! lol
TheIceman567 3 months ago
@TheIceman567 Meh. Like I say a while back the British power grew until just after the end of WW1, which itself cost the Empire nearly a million men and sapped the economy considerably. Only after the Wall Street Crash and WWII did the British Empire finally begin to die off. In fairness, the Imperial period can be split into several phases distinct from each other. Even so, the British Imperium lasted a very long time. America will never match Britain's historic HYPER power status. USA declines
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@TheIceman567 Vietnam anyone?
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist Suez Anyone?
TheIceman567 3 months ago
Who Cares about matching Britain's power like you said It's history why would we want to match it? We've started are own history and future.
TheIceman567 3 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist And who is now a superpower... it's called an alliance, and allies help each other. Just shows you what people will do to gain freedom. Not many countries can see why America fights so hard for their freedom, we have been fighting for it for 300 years.
commandergree1231 2 months ago
@thedilltillman yeah so do i watching this, it makes us look like cunts
engliscwarrior 3 months ago
Vive la liberté..
Ostergaard1987 3 months ago
@thedilltillman
You shouldn't.
71superbee3 3 months ago 4
@71superbee3 The British never slaughtered anyone in America...the plot is exaggerated on purpose to make the film better! Relax dude xD Rule Brittania!
nardu04 1 month ago
@nardu04
No kidding, "dude". It's called Hollywood, "dude". Nice American slang you have there, "dude"
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Regards,
Relaxed Superbee
71superbee3 1 month ago
@71superbee3 Potatoes
nardu04 1 month ago
@nardu04 No they did they murder does who were not seem are friendlies. And Killed Indains.
TheIceman567 1 month ago
It must have been awesome back in those day to see the big ass ships coming into port.
SackFulloApplez1993 3 months ago
When I think of how the colonies and the U.K. fought, it seems like it was just a wall that needed to be broken. But now, americans, french, british, canadians, and even some middle eastern allies fight together. The wall is slowly breaking. God bless the world who fight together!
Ichigohollow277 3 months ago
we're best friends now. british and america can kick ass
matrixtc16 3 months ago
Ahh when we we friends...
TheImperialistStates 3 months ago
Vive l'Amerique !!! From France (it was an honor to fight with you)
hy06046 3 months ago
@hy06046 Vive La France! D l'Amerique.
TheIceman567 3 months ago
@TheIceman567
I don't know were you have found this silly comment of mine but I'm really amazed that you have read all my comments on my channel (???)
This comments was dated of 1 years I don't really thought about what I've said, we all have been hypocrite once on is life...
Anyway Russia is an ally of France but not as greater as USA we are in NATO and Russia insulted us since the war in Lybia and before but they also attacked Georgia and its sovreignty this country is corrupt.
Spark02ify 3 months ago
@Spark02ify Well ,Russia isn't an Ally of France. France only try's to keep good relations because France like the rest of Europe need the gas and oil Russia holds. Your two countries are nowhere near allies they have nuke's not only pointed at Washington and London but also Paris. But yes i agree we've all been hypocrite's at least once in our life's but that's how man kind is. " my comments on my channel " No but it helps to know who are your true friends and foes.
TheIceman567 3 months ago
God bless france without them we would have lost VIVA LA FRANCE. From the USA.
wolffromsteam 3 months ago
Vive la France! Vive l'Amérique!
odonnell1218 3 months ago
Haha cracking film, well done America, and well done France, no hard feelings eh?
PhilAFire93 3 months ago
Vive la France!
TheIceman567 3 months ago
@tburzio Why would we throw off the monarchy? They don't rule us. It's just a ceremonial position and they have no real political power. What they do do however is bring in £200,000,000 to our economy every year from farming the Royal estates and up to £7,000,000,000 every year from tourism (mainly yanks wanting to come and see royalty. Thanks for that :D. )
In return she and her family gets a fixed slary of £40,000,000.
Seems like a pretty good deal to me.
dog75k 3 months ago
@barceygodwin The American revolution was pontless. The USA would of been given semi-independence in the late 19th century and full indpenedence in the early 20th. The war was just a waste of lives.
Also I highly advise YOU to go back to 4th grade history if you don't even know the name of the country the rebels were trying to break away from. It was BRITAIN not England. England only makes up about half of Britain and about half of of the British army is either Scottish, Irish or Welsh.
dog75k 3 months ago
Not pointless. We have no King. Throw off the Monarchy and you'd be truly free!
tburzio 3 months ago
@dog75k and in those days Georgey boy used his power as elector of hanover to get some 13,000 hessians.
zyzor 3 months ago
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best movie i have seen
justmesince1994 4 months ago
The scene with the French ships was my favorite. I just really like scenes whether it's in a movie or a show or anime where allies come and surround the enemy. Go France!!
adogegajfan11 4 months ago
i thank france for our great countries indepentence thank for your help
TANCARDINAL70 4 months ago
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best movie ever for me :)
thedroodxD 4 months ago
so mel gibson won the revolutionary war... woah!
Nrxcmike 4 months ago
how fuking dumb was us british then but still america can kick ass but at least we fight by each others side
Xxsn1pezzxX1 4 months ago
Vive la liberté, God bless USA from France !
Hypothecaire 4 months ago 14
@Hypothecaire VIVE LA FRANCE!!! DE l'AMERIQUE!
TheIceman567 4 months ago 2
@Hypothecaire Such bullshit...THIS WAS PRE-FRENCH REVOLUTION.
ThePalaeontologist 3 months ago
God bless the French
Tom1997able 5 months ago 13
Vive la liberte
Tom1997able 5 months ago 5
Hey I've been to Yorktown, Virginia! I live not too far from there.... It doesn't look anything like this.
RevBillyRayCollins 5 months ago
@RevBillyRayCollins I thought Yorktown was in New york?
AlvinSpitoon 5 months ago
@AlvinSpitoon Oh lord, no Yorktown is in Virginia, that's where the battle took place anyway.
RevBillyRayCollins 5 months ago
@RevBillyRayCollins Then what was the battle in New York, where General washington was surrounded?
AlvinSpitoon 5 months ago
@AlvinSpitoon I dont know, reasearch it yourself.
RevBillyRayCollins 5 months ago
@AlvinSpitoon general washinighton indeed was in newyork general cornwallis attacked from the south to finish off washnington. tho conrwallis lost the battle of cowpens shown in this movie. then got the order from highcommand to go to yorktown near the cost to setup a navy supply base/stronghold. and wait for the brittish fleet unfortatly for cornwallis the brittish fleet was destroyed by the french who were also heading there. and by that cornwallis was surrounded and had no way out
bleushift 5 months ago
@bleushift Thxs! :3
AlvinSpitoon 5 months ago
@AlvinSpitoon
That would be Brooklyn Heights. Washington escaped by crossing the East River at night.
71superbee3 5 months ago
@RevBillyRayCollins It doesnt look like it does in the movie because tookplace almost 200 years ago.
wolffromsteam 3 months ago
@wolffromsteam You don't understand, it is completely different. One for some reason in the movie it makes Yorktown appear that it's at the edge of the open sea, when in reality the place is further inland along the banks of a river.
RevBillyRayCollins 3 months ago
@RevBillyRayCollins Dude yorktown neyyork was where this battle took place not yorktown virginia. GOD.
wolffromsteam 3 months ago
@wolffromsteam Wow, you're pretty dumb! I suggest you study up on your American History, and geography, before you make such claims.
RevBillyRayCollins 3 months ago
Il est assez marrant de constater que la Guerre d'indépendance US a bien duré 5 ans.... or les enfants de Benjamin Martin n'ont pas vieilli d'un poil.... lol....
Eternal566 5 months ago
It's a cute ending but the bit with the baby at the end's kinda funny... you'd assume that the kids would probably see the baby as their half sibling but it's still their cousin through the aunt...
beccael21 5 months ago
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love this movie
FALLENANGEL2387 5 months ago
you see a major factor in the war was the british didn't respect the americans just a bunch of peasents they said, bloody yanks we were, but if they treated the rag tag group of rebels like a real nation then it might have turned out differently.
Hazlett5551 5 months ago
This movie is also absurd in that the French soldier says "Vive le liberté" when France was an absolute monarchy far more despotic than England in 1781. What "liberté" was he referring to? Because there wasn't any in France unless you were a noble or a Bishop.
LordClaremorris 5 months ago
@LordClaremorris It was an absolute monarchy but there were also tons of people who sympathized with the ideas of the Enlightenment. The French Revolution didn't appear out of thin air.
Ayazidas 5 months ago
@Ayazidas Well no duh. But enlightened intellectuals still didn't have any liberty. Voltaire was exiled from France for years.
LordClaremorris 5 months ago
@LordClaremorris
This moment in the film is showing Ben Martin who did not trust the French and had fought against the French, swallowing his pride and praised the French Fleet and the nation that sent them. Jean Villeneuve offered his expertise in the training of the militia as well as taking part in the battles. Risking his life in the cause of liberty. No more complicated than that.
71superbee3 5 months ago
@LordClaremorris france was actaully a power when it was a monarchy, after thier revolution they became gay
Hawkins1117 5 months ago
@Hawkins1117 France is not a country of gay vive notre belle et grande France
Aiden237 5 months ago
@Aiden237 i don't know, im 25% french (they owned a cotton plantation) and they came to the US before France had it's revolution. after the revolution i notice that the country became....more.....like sissys
Hawkins1117 5 months ago
@Hawkins1117 Yes i understand that you say because me too i prefer France before the revolution i'm a monarchist Ami francais d'Amérique :)
Aiden237 5 months ago
@Hawkins1117 napoleon and ww1 was after the revolution my friend.
boss180888 4 months ago
@Hawkins1117 You're fucking joking right? Only after the French Revolution and Napoleon's rise to power did France become master of practically all Europe.
latinoheat300 5 months ago
@latinoheat300 i never said they were "masters of Europe" i just said that before the revolution they could actaully hold thier own in a fight. now they can't
Hawkins1117 5 months ago
@Hawkins1117 Let me guess, you're basing that statement off the fact that the Germans won against them in WWII? It's an asinine assertion, fact is any country would have fallen when faced against the Wehrmacht, the greatest military of the modern era. It is folly to condemn France's quite impressive military history that stands to this day on that one loss, had it been a one on one deal the USA too would have been defeated, it took an alliance of the World to defeat Germany.
latinoheat300 5 months ago
@latinoheat300 actaully Frances strategy to defending from the germans was pointing at the German boarder and thinking that deep forrest to the north could keep the germans from comming up behind them. That was a stupid idea. They don't have a very good military
Hawkins1117 5 months ago
@Hawkins1117 A grave miscalculation certainly, but not necessarily one to lose the entire War. Even through that mishap the Germans showed incredible tactics and performance in so quickly dispatching France. Not 25 years ago they couldnt do the same, the French couldnt turn weak in that time surely?
Plus after the static nature of WWI you can be excuse them for believing that trench warfare would again be the dominant mode of warfare and thus putting so much of their trust in the Maginot line.
latinoheat300 5 months ago
u french people take a lot of credit for that the british only sent a quater of the empire to fight and im happy america won but i dont see any french fighting aleast we dont surrender when germany takes a step in the country
DarkAvenger1997 6 months ago
@DarkAvenger1997 Germany never took a step in our country. So that was a stupid comparison. Not to mention that France in 1940, when it lost, had more men in the field against Germany than we did in 1945, despite being so much more populous than France. If we fought the Germans in 1940 we would have been stomped far worse than the French were, seeing as how our Army was smaller than Portugal's and France's was one of the best in the World. Get your head out of your ass.
LordClaremorris 5 months ago
I was born an American citizen & still am. I am VERY proud of being an American & love my nation VERY much even though I don't live in the USA anymore(work). I do think though more Americans should give credit to the French for the HUGE amount of help they gave us during the Revolutionary War. If it wasn't for the French I am sure the war would have been MUCH harder on the colonies, & might have even been lost. Yes we saved them in 2 world wars, but they were a VITAL part in founding our nation.
BeamMeUpSir 6 months ago
@BeamMeUpSir No "IF" .. the U.S. had virtually no navy in 1776, and the British forces which existed in the colonies were but a fraction of their strength worldwide. The only thing keeping the British from landing troops in overwhelming force was the French navy, combined with the threat of French aggression against other colonies which pinned British forces in farflung corners of the world. Not to mention, France supplied most guns and nearly ALL of the gunpowder used by the colonists ...
l30uNtyHuNtreZ 6 months ago
@l30uNtyHuNtreZ Well I didn't know the specifics, & I dont like to say things in certainty, but thats always what I assumed. Thanks for all the info though, it clears up up a lot of stuff ! =)
BeamMeUpSir 6 months ago
@BeamMeUpSir No problem =) I love my birth-country (US), but also my second and ancestral home (France). I just don't understand the animosity that exists between some of the people. US history tends to mythologize and promote the idea that we, alone, infallibly conquered 'everything' ...this, however, has no basis in fact. The US is a melting pot of European and First Nations, who came from Asia. Why some still seem incapable of accepting and celebrating our 'shared' history is beyond me ..
l30uNtyHuNtreZ 6 months ago
@BeamMeUpSir As per World War 1, France didn't need saving by or from anybody - being by far the most powerful western allied nation (except at sea, where Britain reigned). It was the Germans who went to Supreme Allied Commander, French General Foch, to offer terms - not the other way around. The U.S. entry loaned great manpower and material strength, but the U.S. army and air force needed to procure great quantities of French equipment to modernize (French politically-preferred over English).
l30uNtyHuNtreZ 6 months ago
@l30uNtyHuNtreZ sorry my stupid iphone auto correct. I meant world war 2 nnot 2 world wars. It was my understanding that France @ the turn of the 20th century had the most technologically advanced military in Europe. Though the Germans had reached the outskirts of paris the battle of Marne effectively put both in such a dead lock in the trenches they both suffered but gained little.I thought the allies held out till 1918 then the germans had to sue for an armistice because defeat was inevitable?
BeamMeUpSir 6 months ago
@BeamMeUpSir No. At all times after 1871 Germany has had a much better military than France, and was also much more populous and stronger economically. After the failure on the Marne the younger von Moltke was replaced, and Falkenhayn and Hindenburg/Ludendorff competed for what strategy Germany should pursue. Generally the Germans took the defensive in the West and the offensive in the East, because Russia was weaker than France and more likely to be defeated.
LordClaremorris 5 months ago
If we went to war with Britain again, would we beat them again? Probably not, with the mounting debt and our government's approval ratings, some of us might defect, lol.
hulkmeister23 6 months ago
"We named him Gabriel"....best line in the movie
fredintr 7 months ago
and thus the most powerful country in the world is born... god bless america...
ImperialEarthEmpire 8 months ago 2
The Revolutionary ware came down to who wanted it more. Americans wanted independence so badly they threw away the "correct" and "polite" way to fight and used fricken guerilla tactics. Britain had no idea it was coming, and no soldiers were trained that way. Even in Corwallis's diary he said he had no idea how to combat the USA's way of fighting.
NotMiceElf123 9 months ago
I think it's sad how most of the people who like Mel Gibson must then share his idea's that "English are lobsterbacks".
come off it Mel, it was 200 years ago.
Can't we drop the stupid racism? if we want to insult each other, let's do it the old fashioned way. Guns. No nukes.
WolfytheWolf5667 9 months ago
theres no doubt America would have won the war without France.
NotMiceElf123 9 months ago
@NotMiceElf123 Not so. If the French had not come, Cornwallis might have very well taken his army and conquered New York, therefore beheading the Revolution, and slicing the back of the colonial cause. Even worse, the British could have landed more troops, which they might very well have done if not for the French, and routed Washington entirely, boxing him in. The Revolution would be TOAST without France, buddy.
incinerator327 8 months ago
@incinerator327 yeah, one third of the USA was French. South Louisiana to North Dakota, Montana and Minnesota. The English kingdom was the enemy of France. France had an army in America and helped the American citizen to be free. 1776 The insurgents received support from French volunteers, and the King of France Louis XVI. In 1803 Napoleon Emperor of France sold the territory for Jefferson. The French colony became American. this America that we know today.
cajundecoeur 7 months ago
@NotMiceElf123 Sorry, no! You can not rewrite history!
cajundecoeur 7 months ago 2
Vive la France!
Vive l'Amérique!
Vive la Liberté!
JScivlancer 9 months ago 2
When I see the French General in the end at 3:28 I see the ideas of the liberty & of the sovereignty of the People and the Nation who increase in his mind & who prepare few years later the French Revolution of 1789 who changed Europe and the world
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Long Live the Liberty, Long Live the Republic and the Sovereign People !!!
:-)
cumbas 10 months ago 3
the peasant??? The Patriot to you!!!
inuyasha747 1 year ago
Does anyone know were Cornwallis burned his supplies in N.C. Was it at Abbots Creek ?What part of Abbots Creek?Was it in Lexington N.C.?
paulypaulification 1 year ago
@paulypaulification it was at Ramsour's Mills, he was so infuriated with Gen. Greene and being too slow to catch him with all his equipment that he had it burned. dumb move.
RyZombie619 1 year ago
@RyZombie619 Where is that though. Is that in Lexington,thanks
paulypaulification 1 year ago
@paulypaulification i guess its near what is today Lincolnton, NC
RyZombie619 1 year ago
@RyZombie619 Thanks,but it could not have been there,it was somewhere in Davidson County along Abbots Creek. There is supposedly a treasure buried there.
paulypaulification 1 year ago
@paulypaulification haha, idk know about that. but i know it was at Ramsours Mills which is said to be around Lincolnton, idk the exact spot though.
RyZombie619 1 year ago
@paulypaulification read about it in a book for my US Military History class called The American Way of War by Russell F. Weigley, its packed with info, check it out
RyZombie619 1 year ago
Vive la France!
Vive le USA!
lakoweb 1 year ago 55
@lakoweb agreed my french amigo
mantoxic95 6 months ago
@lakoweb Vive la liberté
Tom1997able 5 months ago
I am as ardent an American as everyone, but recall that the American Revolution was not LOST by GB nor WON by the colonists. The British were simply tired of fighting what they viewed as a pointless war that seemed to have no end. Without the French, the American cause would have been hard pressed to continue on. Remember GB was fighting alone against the colonists, France, Spain, and Holland. She had to defend the rest of her empire as well as fight the American Revolution.
brennan5690 1 year ago
cumbas 1 year ago
I agree some but I also disagree. When the British were in Yorktown they couldn`t evacuate they were stuck, they were surrounded. They didn`t surrender because the war was pointless. The war had a point and that point was to get our independence from England. They had to surrunder to save there own lives. How can you call your self an american if you say that the Revolutionary war was pointless. You may need to refresh you history and go to the 4th grade to learn about the Revolutionary war.
barceygodwin 1 year ago 24
I ment for this to be a reply to someone who said the revolutionary war was pointless.
barceygodwin 1 year ago
@barceygodwin
lol get something higher than a high school education the revolutionary war was entirely about stopping america from pushing west to kill indians
SelfHatingWhite 6 months ago
liberte
commanderneyo55 1 year ago
We and the France beat the British asses so bad.
ThePelucita18 1 year ago
@ThePelucita18 Where? De Grasse was defeated by Rodney at the Saintes, the French and Spanish failed to take Gibraltar, or Jamaica. The Spanish were defeated by Howe at Cape St. Vincent, and the Dutch were defeated by Dundonald at Dogger Bank. The Americans lost most of the battles, and suffered far more than the British, seeing as how Great Britain itself was not a battlefield at any time. Plus we failed miserably in Canada, you're dreaming.
LordClaremorris 5 months ago