Could the Americans have won the American Revolution without the French?

Answer 1

George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson probably would have been hanged or imprisoned. There might have been some concessions, but America would have likely stayed a British colony for another 50 or 100 years. It is doubtful that America would have permanently remained a colony, as evidenced by Canada and India. Our 'new' government when independent would probably have been more of a European democracy, with a parliament and "winner doesn't take all" system. Lastly, the Louisiana territory might have become its own country, because it is doubtful Napoleon would have sold that land to the British.

As happened in the Caribbean, France might not have been able to hold onto Louisiana, and lost it to England or Spain anyway.

Answer 2

They could not have because the Americans were dying out of troops and they despretly needed help and they needed people who could transport weapons. The Americans at this time werevery short on weapons. The French were there allies.

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The popular answer is 'no', but I think otherwise. England had control of the Atlantic and captured cities on the coast, but usually ended up getting spanked when they moved farther inland where 90% of Americans lived. The British army was too small to occupy such a huge landmass as the 13 colonies and as soon as the army left a city it fell back into rebel hands. Everytime they needed supplies, they had to receive the supplies from across the ocean. Military orders travelled over the sea as well, and most of the time too late. By the time of French intervention, the Americans already defeated the Hessian mercenaries at the Battle of Trenton, the Cherokee Indians (British allies) were subdued and the Loyalist militias were beaten soundly in several battles and didn't present much of a threat anymore, leaving the war effort solely on the British. The Americans had won the Battles of Saratoga (considered the turning point in the war), and the British parliament wanted to make a peace treaty with the colonies. England also had practically no answer for American guerrilla warfare and couldn't be brutal in their tactics because they wanted Loyalists to stay loyal and wanted to resume trade with the colonies at the end of the war. Loyalists, slaves, and allied Indians couldn't or didn't want to join the British army, so all troop losses had to be replaced from Britain. The British army was not the greatest in the world like many textbooks would have you believe but often were poorly trained and supplied. Besides, even if France hadn't joined in the war effort, Spain still would have.

Answer 3

yes if you look at the war with napolean they used armies consisting of tens of thousands. If the British just marshaled an army of tens of thousands of men it would have been over.

Answer 4

Of course yes. If you want to know detail, read "the war we could have lost" by Clifford Lindsey Alderman