The American Revolution would not have been successfully fought without tons of gunpowder, a couple dozen ships of the line, tens of thousands of muskets, hundr

The American Revolution would not have been successfully fought without tons of gunpowder, a couple dozen ships of the line, tens of thousands of muskets, hundreds (thousands?) of cannon, and over $1 billion livres from the French. It was a proxy war. The other problem with this revolution idea is that no one wants to be the first to die for their beliefs.