Useless employees, large and small Part 6

Well, the French had cut off the Redcoat’s re-supply line and that was pretty much the end of it. Truth is, the Colonials didn’t so much win the war as the British were prevented from winning it. So who cares?
The shame of it all is the fact that the conflict was completely unnecessary. It resulted in absolutely no fundamental political change whatsoever, for, as we have already noted, the colonies had already become independent, sovereign nations by royal fiat.
So we can make the whole point of this exercise clear, let’s dwell on that point for a moment…
Some people believe that God was directly involved in the founding of this country; others scoff at the idea. I don’t know exactly where I stand on the issue. I’m satisfied to know that when my tour in this life is up, I’ll get the straight story on the matter, just like I will on such things as where the dinosaurs went, UFO’s, and what would have happened if Steve Bartman had been sitting in front of his TV instead of aisle 4, row 8, seat 113.
But no matter where you stand on the issue, there is no denying that the founding of The United States of America is absolutely unique in the world’s history. Never before, or since, has the world seen the sudden, simultaneous appearance of 13 sovereign nations, complete with functioning infrastructures and sharing a common language.
At the risk of making you want to put a different finger in the path of the hammer I keep swinging, you must hang on to that sovereignty bit. That’s the point we’re dwelling on: we didn’t go from being British colonies to being the good ol’ US of A; we went from being different British colonies to being different countries, just like, say, France, Spain, and the Switzerland. And that’s where the fun really began.
Even though the populations of these countries produced some excellent thinkers and people of remarkable character, no one had ever had such an opportunity laid at their feet as the Founders. The stakes were beyond comprehension. The colonies had a standard of living that was unheard of in most of the world – funny what real freedom does in that regard – and the new nations that replaced them weren’t about to give it up. All they had to do now was rid themselves of an occupying army under the command of the kind of people we used to call Indian-givers when I was a kid. (I sure wish I knew what that expression meant…)
To that end, during the fight, The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was adopted by The Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. It created, among other things, a mutual defense confederation.
As is commonly known, it was this political union that was replaced by the Constitution for the United States of America – in spite of the express orders by the several states to their delegates not to replace it.
Break time; see you next week sometime…