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Thread: You Can Thank American Indians for American Gun Culture

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    The American colonists quickly moved back to the European model after getting their asses handed to them from Brooklyn to PA. If Continental regulars had not developed the ability to stand in the field and face up to the British the outcome would have been very different with or without French aid
    That's true, with the help of the French the Continental Army engaged in an old-fashioned seige at York Town at the end. But the new culture had settled in and continued to develop as the US moved West.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
    From the white man to kill the white man.
    Indeed, it was an exchange of cultures, a clash of cultures.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    That's true, with the help of the French the Continental Army engaged in an old-fashioned seige at York Town at the end. But the new culture had settled in and continued to develop as the US moved West.
    I have no objection to that. Sounds plausible.
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