The American Revolution was started by a small group of
exceptional men and when underway supported by less than half of
American colonists. The majority either remained loyal to the
crown or just kept their heads down and didn't want to be
involved. The War of 1812 began when the England's navy began a
campaign of piracy and terrorism against American shipping and
its army was making threatening noises along the Canadian
border. The Spanish American War was largely a creation of the
press with the ignition point the sinking of USS Maine in Havana
Harbor. We stayed out of World War One for three years until it
became obvious that Europe would not leave us alone in our
desire to remain largely in isolation. WW I was the first war
Americans saw on movies and it horrified them so that America
again reverted to isolationism for thirteen years, two years
after World War II started. The Japanese attack against Naval
Station Pearl Harbor – coming upon two years of movies from the
European war -- again tipped the nat