Colonies would have wanted independence eventually anyway…but maybe without as much of a war?

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Jul 4, 2024
11:53:04pm

cougXor All-American

Colonies would have wanted independence eventually anyway…but maybe without as much of a war?

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cougXor

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Would things have been different if England gave parliament representation

ForzaPuma

Jul 4, 11:42pm

Colonies would have wanted independence eventually anyway…but maybe without as much of a war?

cougXor

Jul 4, 11:53pm

War was inevitable. We needed oral hygiene, the manly form for throwing a baseball, and NASCAR.

Jul 5, 12:04am

Who knows. Does France still have its revolution? Which was kind of a result of the debt they incurred assisting us? Do

Spiff

Jul 5, 12:19am

We would be playing cricket

TheHop

Jul 5, 4:41am

By the 1770s, the colonies were richer and healthier than London. The average

shoganai

Jul 5, 6:31am

Also more educated. More people could read, which is why Common Sense could have

ForzaPuma

Jul 5, 6:56am

Agree with everything until the loyalty part. John Adams said only 1/3 supported independence and 1/3 were loyalists.

Supercoug

Jul 5, 7:02am

"A hefty percentage of them..."

shoganai

Jul 5, 8:13am

I think it's difficult to say how the world would have shaped up if the

russkiejedi

Jul 5, 7:29am

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