No American Revolution?

It's alive! :eek: (insert ominous thunderclap here)

But seriously; this is a thread from nearly two and a half years ago. That's some powerful thread necromancy for a first post, kalpenkd. :p It's generally... frowned upon. On the other hand, this is an issue that rolls around on a faily consistent basis, so picking up an old thread might be just as valid an option as opening a new one.
 
It's always possible that the Revolution might just be delayed till later. Unlike the other "White Dominions", America had a population comparable to Britain*, which means that they actually had a shot at rebelling, especially if other European powers felt like helping. Not having the Revolution in 1776 might just mean that you have one in 1800.

America (East of the Mississippi) also a tremendous amount of coal, about 1/5 of the world's supply. This means that the empire's industry is almost inevitably going to shift to North America. The population of the North American colonies is going to grow much larger than Britain very quickly (IIRC, the OTL US surpassed Britain's population in 1820) If some kind of common American identity starts to take root (which seems likely), Britain will be faced with two options:

1. Keep giving the Americans autonomy until they're completely independent
2. Accept that the Empire is going to be ruled from NYC instead of London.

Edit: *as long as you're counting the 13 as one entity, of course.
 
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It's always possible that the Revolution might just be delayed till later. Unlike the other "White Dominions", America had a population comparable to Britain*,

Edit: *as long as you're counting the 13 as one entity, of course.

Not to mention the Floridas, the Maritimes, Newfoundland (always had a permanent population but really began to grow more post-revolution), and what would become Upper Canada westward: the Anglos who had or would settle these colonies would have no distinction from US Americans since the Revolution and by extension 'Rebel' and 'Loyalist' would not exist as concepts.

Be they Delawarean, Ontarian, Nova Scotian, Massachusite, East Floridian, or South Carolinian, they're all Americans under the British Crown. And so if a delayed Revolution happens, what would these by-now more established colonies do? Chafe as much as the classic thirteen did?
 
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