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Originally posted by Taz's Master
So the men who fought against a representative government with whom they disagreed in defense of their property were traitors?
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That is correct, the proper position to take would have been for them to do nothing.
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You must take a dim view of France's meddling in the Revolutionary War.
Regardless, Happy 4th.
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I'm not wild about it, but keep in mind that France participated for their own selfish reasons, not from a position of sympathy for Americans seceding from Britain. That, in fact, was a concern for Franklin when he was in France negotiating French assistance. Would they help America throw out a ruling monarch? In the end it was the old, "the enemy of my enemy, is my friend" philosophy that won out. The French monarchy didn't realize, apparently, that they only had a llittle over 7 years remaining after the Battle of Yorktown.