BCHS Lecture Series: To Crush a Rebellion How and Where could the British have won the American War for Independence
Wed, Nov 09
|River Edge
This presentation examines some of these times in the war, and what actions the British might have taken that would have indeed crushed the rebellion.
Time & Location
Nov 09, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:20 PM
River Edge, 1209 Main St, River Edge, NJ 07661, USA
About the Event
To Crush a Rebellion How and Where could the British have won the American War for Independence by Todd Braisted - Wednesday, November 9th at 7:00 PM
Steuben House, 1209 Main St., River Edge, NJ. Free lecture. Refreshments available at the conclusion.
“the yankies are now at their last shift, we shall totally crush the rebellion next spring."
So said Thomas Sandford, a quartermaster in the British Brigade of Foot Guards in a letter from New Jersey in February 1777. It of course did not happen.
But were there actual points in the war where the British military had it in their power to militarily win the American Revolution, and yet did not?
Historians and others are quick to point to several key moments where that might have been the case. Are they correct?