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Omicheese — The American Revolution 2
Published: 2009-07-06 05:02:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 2371; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 15
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On the flip side of the coin were British forces, of course. These also included all those in and from Canada, which we tried to invade and were soundly trounced. The British also had at their disposal Hessian and other Germany mercenaries , because the king George III was mostly German and also the Elector of Hanover. It's almost surprising that with this much professional help, the British lost, except that no one is good at fighting wars overseas in territory that belongs to the people they're fighting against (hi, Vietnam!) So we got our Independence.I researched the uniforms for this one extensively as well, and similarly messed up on the structure of the picture, i.e. Canada's face. Sorry, honey. I made HRE look a little too old, too. Kids are so freaking hard to draw.
Axis Powers Hetalia belongs to Himaruya Hidekaz.
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Cute drawings. The Canadian problem was simplified by two factors: 1) New England bigotry and 2) England's best general. New England hated Catholicism (it was the center of Puritanism in North America), and had a history of vicious anti-Catholic incidents (like riots). The French Canadians in Quebec were fully aware of this, and were not entranced when Ben Franklin showed up in the summer of 1775 for a parlay to offer "the 14th colony" a chance to join the great adventure. After that refusal the colonies (read New England) sent the invasion army under Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery up to Canada, where it briefly succeeeded at Montreal, but collapsed at Quebec and had to retreat (leaving a dead General Montgomery - his remains were returned in 1818). The General who won this second battle of Quebec was Sir Guy Carleton. Today, looking at Carleton's record and apparent grasp (which William Howe never learned) that if you have victory in your hands you race to complete the victory, we realize HE should have led the British forces, and we would now be part of Greater Canada. Instead he was told by the Colonial Secretary (and personal enemy) Lord George Germaine he would not be needed outside Canada. He did follow Arnold's retreating army into New York State, but after a delaying battle at Valcourt Island (which he won), had to return to Canada as winter was approaching. He was not given command of the great invasion of 1777 (Burgoyne was, and made a hash of it). Carleton had been behind the passage of the 1774 Quebec Act which promised not to interfere with French Canadian way of life. This was in the minds of the French Canadians when Franklin came to try to get them to join. Carleton retired for awhile, but in 1782 was finally sent by a new British government to take command - for the evacuation of the British armed forces and their Tory allies from New York City. He did a thoroughly good job, and to his eternal credit refused to turn over any African-American slaves who ran away from their masters in the colonies to gain their freedom. At least 2000 of them left with the British and Tories, much to the displeasure of General Wahington. Carleton became Governor of Canada again, and died in 1806.
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Eh...I think that this would be the right age for HRE/Germany. I mean, he looks/...what, 14, here? He was a teenager in those drawings that Himayura did of what he looked like just before his dissolution, so during this time he would be a tween/early teen.
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I'm glad it doesn't look too awkward, then! ^____^ I keep worrying that I messed up on this picture too much, and I'm glad it wound up working out.
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Yes kids can be hard. But some of the main things lies in height (at least here). Children are short and their limps chubby, the head also looks bigger in common to the body than it doesn on an adult.
I should have an electronic anatomy book lying around somewhere if you're interested. It has some nice comparisons as well as anatomical guides.
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I've drawn kids successfully once or twice? But it's still really difficult if I'm not extremely careful...
Really? That actually sounds extremely useful.
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Should be the best of the best.
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Thank you very much! ^____________^ I'll try to make good use of it!
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You're welcome! Hope it'll help!
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Thank you! ^_______^ Uniforms are so much fun to draw.
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