... was the antithesis, it was no small wonder that when seeking causation for the loss of the colonies, the easiest attributable ideology was failure of leadership on all levels, political and military. Political and military leaders became subjects of derision. The imperfect lens of history tends to portray these individuals as incompetent. A mythos permeates the American historical psyche that the British ... and class divisions, was sure to fail against antimonarchist virtues and people fighting to secure their God-given rights. "History progresses toward modernity "and Britain embodied ...

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