According to my history professor, the reason we Americans wanted our Independence was really not over taxation without representation but that we simply did not want to pay the taxes. And she didn't even have a British accent
Suppose you won the War of American Independence?
I see two likely scenerios.
1. When WWI comes along the UK has the pd USA east of the Mississippi, but Spain and Russia still have most of the rest. The UK is simply not going to be able to call on the resources of those territories as it was IOTL, especially once the USA was in the war. Without those resources the UK and its allies lose.
2. Without American victory the French Reveloution as we know it never happens, without the French Reveloution German unification and the Russian Reveloution never happen. Without German unification WWI and the Bolshevik Reveloution
the UK is much better off to than it is today.
Or is something else entirely more likely?
Suppose you won the War of American Independence?
I see two likely scenerios.
1. When WWI comes along the UK has the pd USA east of the Mississippi, but Spain and Russia still have most of the rest. The UK is simply not going to be able to call on the resources of those territories as it was IOTL, especially once the USA was in the war. Without those resources the UK and its allies lose.
2. Without American victory the French Reveloution as we know it never happens, without the French Reveloution German unification and the Russian Reveloution never happen. Without German unification WWI and the Bolshevik Reveloution
the UK is much better off to than it is today.
Or is something else entirely more likely?