A few English historians have told me that England considered the American Revolution less a war against the colonies and more of a proxy war against the French. Plus one thing people forget about the revolutionary war is that before it happened there was a delegation of Americans who went into negotiations with England and the crown and thought the war would be avoided. Also the relations between the two countries stayed pretty freaking good considering what just happened (after the war I mean). Which in a large part came down to Washington since he was in a position to choose to be very belligerent to the English and some factions in America certainly wanted nothing to do with England.
Hmmmm. Not so fast. I guess the war of 1812 was a hiccup? It wasn’t until WW1 that we made a decision to have a special relationship. Many Americans would have happily gone with Germany.
But he never betrayed any thing he really believed in.
