Re: CHAT: "have a Canadian day"

Brad Coon wrote:

> John Cowan wrote:
> > But in 1777 France and the Dutch Republic declared war on Britain also.
> > That made the "internal affair" a genuine multi-continent war.
>
> And let us not forget that the American Revolution was the first of
> what have been called the Atlantic Revolutions as a whole series of
> nations in Europe and both of the Americas declared their independence
> or threw off monarchist governments over the next 30-40 years.
Maybe even longer.  Arguably it could extend from 1775 to 1848.
After that, Britain, Germany, France and Russia seemed to keep a
fairly tight lid on such movements, wherever they might be.

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