True enough. But it doesn't seem like he'd treat rebels lightly.
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Tarleton and him would make friends quickly i persume?
True enough. But it doesn't seem like he'd treat rebels lightly.
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Wandering around in the interior can be Clive's job, hes the adventure who goes to far off continents. Cumberland just needs to obliderate Washington's army at Monmouth.
Powerhouse?
What pray tell about Virginia was more of a powerhouse than New England or New York?
Virginia was the wealthiest and most populous colony in North America at the time. Granted, a significant portion of its population was slaves, but in terms of the number of men it could field and the amount of war material and other goods it could buy / produce / import (thanks to relatively lax blockade), it was #1 And if not being the center of intellectual capital in North America, it was definitely a contender for the position at the time.
But how does it compare to New England on the whole?
I'm willing to accept that it outweighed Massachusetts, but I'm not sure if it was more important than the Northern colonies (New England).