The end was by no means assured.
On July 2, 1776, Thomas Jefferson crafted a Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. The colonies had had enough. They were finished. It was a letter declaring the colonies to be colonies no more, but sovereign states. Of course it takes more than saying something for it to be, otherwise, we could say stupid stuff like "Health care is a right", or "A college education is a right" or some other clap trap. It was no different in 1776 than it is today, except one thing. Even though the Declaration went out in 1776, it was a year earlier that the British tried to disarm the patriots by force at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, and the war had already begun. and the truth of the matter was that the colonies were losing. We forget what an act of courage (or stupidity, it just depends on what happens, right?) it was. It was likely that the colonies would lose. You have to understand that, dear reader. If they had on-line betting in those days, the