Maeksa wrote:AETEN II wrote:Where the fuck did you learn your history?
I learned my history in three places, public school, the bible, and the Internet.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alamance
The Battle of Alamance was fought before Lexington and Concord by a small group of farmers with guns.
American Independence resulted from the Declaration of Independence, which legally (although in England, illegally) announced America as a sovereign nation. American independence didn't 'come' from a battle, it was a philosophical idea, largely inspired by pissed off tax-payers.