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Is that even true? The early days of the United States were fraught with military (or militia) action and small rebellions. Less than four score and seven year
by tomjakubowski 6y ago
Is that even true? The early days of the United States were fraught with military (or militia) action and small rebellions. Less than four score and seven years after the declaration of independence, half the state governments went to war with the other half.
I am not sure the issue fought during the revolutionary war was the "peacefulness" of the British government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Indian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Indian_War
- deeg 6y ago"Peaceful" might not be the best adjective (although I think it's appropriate). For most colonists the new government was better for them than the old one but "better" is much harder to quantify. Washington is arguably the most important figure in making that transition.