Is there any POD to have the ARW carry on to Britain? I think this would be to see but I can't think of any PODs to cause this.
well, dudes, what bout more raids courtesy of John Paul Jones & other such privateers ? How bout if the Irish were persuaded by Ben Franklin's agents to rise up as well, thereby tying down manhy more redcoats fom being sent to the colonies ?
As mentioned above, I think the best chance for an "English Front" in the ARW was the planned French-Spanish invasion. The Fleet and the Army were actually being collected but a combination of bad weather, disease and just poor planning resulted in the whole thing being called off before a single ship left port. However, at least for a while it was a real possibility and it put a scare into the British.
The effect of even a failed invasion on the remaining part of the war and the subsequent peace negotiations are very interesting and could have either positive or negative consequences for the U.S., depending upon how the British reacted to the invasion.
On the one hand, the political classes and the people might have decided to cut and run from North America in order to build up their home defenses. On the other hand, a Churchillian attitude of "Never give in, never give up, never give an inch" might have taken hold. I simply do not know enough about English politics of the time to venture a guess, but one of our English experts might have a view.
Scotland is pretty anti-English, right? What if they uprise? Not so much a fight for liberty and democracy and all that, but just a popular anti-English movement?
The 45 is in the past by this point. Scotland will not rise.
The 45 is in the past by this point. Scotland will not rise.
Scotland is pretty anti-English, right? What if they uprise? Not so much a fight for liberty and democracy and all that, but just a popular anti-English movement?
It's seriously doubtful if the Jacobites could have raised a credible army in Scotland by the 1750s. There's no chance whatsoever that they could have done so in the 1780s.
It's seriously doubtful if the Jacobites could have raised a credible army in Scotland by the 1750s. There's no chance whatsoever that they could have done so in the 1780s.