On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 11:43:56 +0200, Skysurfer wrote:

Alan Minyard nous disait :

What rubbish. The Europeans were still absolute monarchies at the
time.

France ? A monarchy ?
UK ? An absolute monarchy ?????

"That was Alan joke of the day".

Yes, France was a monarchy at the time of the American Revolution, and
while the UK had a Parliament, at the time it was essentially an
absolute monarchy.

Al Minyard