In this first of a series of interviews with Russia’s DenTV, I had the chance to discusses my new book The Clash of the Two Americas (combining volumes one and two), which will be translated and published in Russia in the early weeks of 2022.
Matthew Ehret is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Patriot Review , and Senior Fellow at the American University in Moscow. He is author of the‘Untold History of Canada’ book series and Clash of the Two Americas. In 2019 he co-founded the Montreal-based Rising Tide Foundation . Consider helping this process by making a donation to the RTF or becoming a Patreon supporter to the Canadian Patriot Review
Hello, Mr. Matthew
I see you speak of foreign collaboration in US independence, but you do not mention Spain, at that time a larger empire than the British and one that continued to expand. On the same date, 1776, the year of independence, San Francisco was founded.
The collaboration was substantial:
George Washington placed him at his right hand:
https://www.elmundo.es/andalucia/2014/05/09/536cb03eca4741861c8b4580.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Pensacola
The seizure of 55 British ships bound for their troops in America:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acci%C3%B3n_del_9_de_agosto_de_1780
Economic debt contracted by the US and never paid:
https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2020-06-03/deuda-historica-impagada-estados-unidos-espana_2616935/
https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2020-11-07/historica-deuda-de-eeuu-con-espana-desde-el-nacimiento-del-dolar_2822159/
Kind regards
Psdt/ I am a subscriber to your writings, enormously interesting. I posted one today:
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