The american revolution in context

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The American Revolution, indeed most wars, are usually seen almost entirely in terms of human decisions and actions – that their origins, unfolding, and outcome are entirely dependent on what we perceive to be the main actors in the drama – ourselves.  But other factors can and do exert a significant, even decisive impact on wars.  Perhaps the most significant of these non-human influences is disease. 

During the Revolution, the disease with the largest impact was smallpox.  The disease was endemic among the colonial population, although it only rarely flared into major outbreaks.  Why did the war create the opportunity for such epidemics?  What preventative measures were possible against this killer?  What were the potential drawbacks of the various measures to deal with smallpox among the American army?  Why was George Washington's personal experience with the disease particularly relevant to the decisions that faced him as commander of the American army?  What choices did he have, what were the drawbacks to each of them, and why was it so hard for him to make a final decision?  Did smallpox have the potential to affect the outcome of campaigns or even the conflict as a whole, and if so, in what ways?  What was Washington's ultimate decision about how to handle smallpox, and how do you think this decision influenced the outcome of the war?

What about the other side of this epidemic?  How did smallpox affect the American civilian population, and how what role did the disease play on the outcome of the war in terms of affecting the general populace?  Why was smallpox such a threat to the entire population, not merely the army?  How could civilians attempt to deal with the disease, and what were the drawbacks of the various options?

Why was the disease largely a non-issue for the British?  How did they attempt to take advantage of this difference between their forces and those of the rebels?  What impact did these actions have?

Why do you feel that the seriousness of the threat from smallpox is generally unremembered today?  Is it a result of the modern world being much less vulnerable (in general) to such epidemics?  Or is it that we don't remember things that could have, but didn't, happen?  Or perhaps we simply dislike remembering anything that might indicate that we are less than the masters of our own fate?  Are there important lessons that can be learned from studying the effect of smallpox on the Revolution?

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