User blog comment:GunsnadGlory/Triple Whammy: Guns Announces his Return/@comment-4758513-20140605004923/@comment-4621372-20140605201853

I mean, not really.

The Americans wanted to continue trade with France- they fought the wars over the British stopping them from doing so, but by the time the war ended, France was in ruins- no trade out of there.

On top of that, the Americans were militarily outmatched at every point, losing over 3x as many troops, and proved they couldn't even defend their capital.