On this day in history

@Colormegone If you are English: "A jolly good start to the war." Or as my Scottish friends would say. "Gerrintaethum!"

@MandyMitchell Well, as an American, the French were our first allies.

@Colormegone Indeed they were. About twelve years after they were your dreaded enemies. The French bankrupted themselves helping the USA, with their allies the Spanish and Dutch - and Hyderebadies and Mysorians. Britain had upset the balance of power with her victories in the Seven Years War and Europe took the colonial rebellion as an excuse to reset Europe with no single dominant power. The colonials no longer needed British troops to protect them from the French.

@MandyMitchell c'est la guerre.

@Colormegone Indeed so. That was the nature of 18th century warfare; maintain a balance of power, have a war with professional soldiers blasting at each other then exchange a few frontier fortresses or a colony or two and then back to normal for a few years. God knows how many colonies changed hands back and forth.