Shout-out to the nation that made U.S. independence possible

"Sam" (samwellington) 07/04/2016 at 13:02 • Filed to: None

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And if you don’t believe me, do some book-learnin'.

Roadster Man > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:04

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True, the colors of Red, White, and Blue did in fact make our nation’s independence possible. Without them we wouldn’t have had a cool flag to scare off all those tea drinkin’ Brits.

Nibby > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:05

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Invinciblejets > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:09

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Shout out to Marquis de Lafayette who landed on US soil in my home town Georgetown, SC in 1777.

Honorable mention to Francis Marion.

The southern theater won the revolution for us.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:10

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Hell yeah. France saved the revolution.

ttyymmnn > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:18

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True, but the French had their own reasons for seeing the British lose, and it wasn’t just to help America.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:20

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They hastened the end of it, but we had it in the bag by the time they picked a side or stopped striking long enough to take one.

Steve in Manhattan > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:20

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The first thing Washington did when the French joined was to get Manhattan back - it’d been in British hands since the start.

RyanFrew > Roadster Man 07/04/2016 at 13:27

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.....ehhh, aren’t the British Red, White, and Blue as well?

facw > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:34

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Thanks for the help guys!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:45

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They also basically told the South to fuck off during the Civil War when they asked for assistance, so they helped America stay together, albeit for obvious political reasons.

X37.9XXS > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:47

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Louis XVI just lost his head over the whole thing

Dusty Ventures > Sam 07/04/2016 at 13:57

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Wrong flag though. The Tricolore came after the French revolution, and depending on who you as the color selection was inspired in part by the new United States (much like the revolution itself). When France helped America become a thing the naval ensign for the French Navy was literally this:

Yup.

Leon711 > RyanFrew 07/04/2016 at 14:02

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We’re all good chums now though.

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 07/04/2016 at 14:04

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Is part of it that Britain had spent the few hundred years previous having wars with France (and Spain) for fun?

Roadster Man > RyanFrew 07/04/2016 at 14:07

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Yeah...

But that I argue that independence wouldn’t have been possible without another country to declare independence from. So their red, white, and blue was also necessary to Independence Day.

Admittedly, the French TOTALLY saved our ass back there.

ttyymmnn > Leon711 07/04/2016 at 14:11

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Pretty much. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 07/04/2016 at 15:00

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But we’re all best friends now, two World Wars make you close friends.

ttyymmnn > Leon711 07/04/2016 at 15:04

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They saved our ass in 1781, we saved theirs in two world wars. I’d call it even.

fhrblig > ttyymmnn 07/04/2016 at 15:10

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Hey, helping us out of spite is a totally valid reason to help us out.

ranwhenparked > Sam 07/04/2016 at 17:55

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Should be this one:

Also, shout out to Spain, too. They helped a lot. Catholic monarchs really, really hated the British back then.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Dusty Ventures 07/07/2016 at 08:30

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And the Prussian officer who came and stood up the Continental troops and trained them in proper (then modern) battlefield formations was a serial..... a um. A uhm. A........ a serial pedophile. Yeah. That too.