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Originally Posted by Ducimus
Is that what the British history books call it?
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No, that was my reference - 'colonial' because it pertains to a colony (at that time at least), and 'civil war' seeing as we were pretty much fighting ourselves (subjects of a colonial territory) rather than say, the french directly - they being a sovereign nation, which the US subsequently became.
I think our history books just refer to it as a whole lot of effort that turned out not to be worth the aggro, possibly in part because of the french /jk
Looking back to my history lessons, the colonial scuffle was not something on the curriculum, other than in brief passing to mention settlers to the new land and a dispute over taxes and ownership of land, coupled with the english tradition of empire building and dishing out a pasting to the french and the innate temperament of the colonists to america wanting to set up shop and not be bothered by all the problems and intrigues (both political and religious) that beset the old country of europe. That's my sweeping overview.
I guess it might have been something I might have studied in more detail had I chosen A-level history, or perhaps a degree in the same.