what was the fight about between Britian and the u.s.?
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We have had two wars with Britian, the American Revolution and the War of 1812.  The American Revolution had many causes including taxes without corresponding representation in the British Parliament. Also resentment of the Quartering of British soldiers in colonist homes, the Boston Massacre, and the British punishment of Boston for the Boston Tea party. The War of 1812 was fought because the British were kidnapping American sailors off of American ships, and the British provoking Indians to attack Americans.
178708
Did the US have National Service ? \nI thought it was UK only.
756875
Both equally inferior ...Americans do stupid things and the British stupidly go along with it.
577295
A stupid question these nations are allies.However some contributers to this question seem to be under the impression that the last conflict between these two countries was an american victory. This of course is untrue in fact the british made deep incursions into the us and burnt the whitehouseto the ground.Of course if they mean the war of independance, every one was british.The settlers were revolting about unfair taxes,but they were british How many of the founding fathers were british.I can never envisage a time when britain and america would even be in different camps in any conflict of war
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The United States and Britain!\nAnd here is the reason for it since the first World War!\n\nhttp://www.thelastoutpost.com/site/1330/default.aspx
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Sorry, I'm not a Brit, and couldn't resist answering.\nPlease, we (U.S.) are still your friends.  Don't aim it at us, aim it at the French.
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In the revolutionary war, it was commerce and trade laws- The colonies were put under restrictive trade rules that required them to trade only with Britain, and these laws were passed by a parliament that had no colonian representation.  The other major conflict was that Britain inhibited movement of settlers west of the Appalachians.  These were the two major friction points.  In the other war, 1812, it was British raiding US trading ships, confiscating cargo, and taking sailors for conscription into the British navy.
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A better question would be, "Does it matter?" \nGreat(?) Britain owes it's existance to the United States! During WWll America poured tons of money, goods and man power into keeping Britain free from Germany and as yet the people of Britain haven't even paid the interest on the loans that were given to them!\nIn fact if it wasn't for America, Great(?) Britain wouldn't even exist!\nIf England want's to go it alone against the rest of the world then I say, "Lot's of luck!"
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Nose? He's got his whole head up there and trying to get his shoulders in.  Britain is still playing the superpower, but it can't do so on its own anymore. Britain is like an old man seeing himself in his grandson. \n\nLook at the ideology of the British empire, how they justified invading other countries.  How they caricatured other races and cultures while thinking of themselves as the pinnacle of civilisation.   It wasn't entirely clear to Britain why other countries would resent them for this - you think America can't become what it fought against?  Read animal farm.
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The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen British colonies in North America. The war began largely as a colonial revolt against the economic policies of the British Empire, and eventually widened far beyond British North America, with France, Spain, and the Netherlands entering the war against Great Britain. Additionally, many American Indians fought on both sides of the conflict.\n\nThroughout the war, the British were able to use their naval superiority to capture colonial coastal cities, but control of the countryside largely eluded them. French involvement proved decisive, with a naval victory in the Chesapeake leading to the surrender of a British army at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. The Treaty of Paris in 1783 recognized the independence of the United States of America. Because a great number of colonists fled the thirteen colonies and settled in the north, the war also paved the way for the eventual creation of what would become Canada.
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There wasn't much of a coherent argument. People were scared because of the Panic of 1893 that the US was running out of natural resources and capital, and businesses feared that they would need to have new land to be able to be competitive in the industrial world. The actual expansion that took place was justified by accusations that Spain was abusing its colonies, and so we had a moral obligation to come to their aid, but that's clearly not why we went to war with Spain.
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As an American I have to add that I believe it is better for the American people that the British government  to be more leery in their support of American government.  When your government doesn't openly question my government, American and British citizens both lose.\n\nLet's face it, we have fought together in many battles, we have pledge our lives to protect each other...why can't we disagree on some issues?  Wouldn't disagreement on some issues be more healthy?
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The brits hate americans because in britain they have a "class system" which in america there is also a class system but its alot more prevalent in the UK. The brits instictively want to find out what a persons class system is when they start a conversation and this same need follows them everywhere. A brit wants to feel superior to an American but the problem with the UK is that it has alot of very poor brits. The US has alot of money so brits will throw their "culture" at americans as fast as they can so the can feel they're a higher "class" even if they're a lower class brit.
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It is one of those questions where books could be written.  That said, a case could be made that the British started it by going against their (and America’s) Common Law, by not applying all of those rights to those living in the Americas.  It was only a matter of time before there would be a response to such a policy.  Since the British Crown reject peaceful petitions to redress grievances, violence would follow.
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I did not know that the British fought in the American civil war!
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In the American Revolution the French fought with the Americans against the British.
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It was the battle of Guilford Courthouse (near Greensboro, NC).  While we lost that battle, Cornwallis (the English general) said that another such victory for the English and they shall lose the war.  \n\nThe "victory" at Guilford Courthouse cost so many British soldiers that Washington was able to win the next major battle -- and the war!  \n\n(FYI, this was the battle going on in the big scene at the end of Mel Gibson's movie, The Patriot.)