Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [MLUG][DISCUSSION] Another reason not to be like France

[Jennifer Dozar <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I was going to say!  They had to come bail US out during the
Revolutionary war! hah.  Someone beat me to it :) i didn't get to this
thread until tonight... been a busy busy week!

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 02:29:40PM -0500, Mike Miller wrote:
> 
> Check this out...
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
> 
> US:
> Regular Army: 20,000
> Militiamen: 230,000
> Ships: 30-40, mostly frigates and sloops
> 
> France:
> Regular Army: 15,000
> Ships: 50-60 ships of the line and frigates
> 
> Spain:
> Regular Army: 8,000
> Ships: 40-50 ships of the line and frigates
> 
> Total: 273,000
> 120-150 ships
> 
> 
> Great Britain:
> Regular Army: 12,000
> Ships: 100 ships of the line and frigates
> 
> Loyaltists:
> Militia: 55,000
> 
> Hesse:
> Regulars: 40,000
> 
> Iroquois:
> Warriors: 5,000
> 
> Total: 112,000
> 100 ships
> 
> 
> The Americans defeated the British with a *lot* of help from France. 
> Almost half of the ships fighting against the British were French.
> 
> A little more on the importance of France in the American Revolution:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War#An_international_war.2C_1778.E2.80.931783
> 
> Mike
> 
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