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Was the American freedom war inevitable?

In my personal opinion it was not. The issue of taxes was ofcourse a troubled one


The English parlament wanted to tax the colonies in part because of principle. Other then that, England had taken huge loans to afford the 7-year long "French and Indian wars" Needles to say those loans needed to be paid back somehow. Im sure any 1 with the slightest bit of honesty recognizes, that those wars were fought to keep the colonies safe, so the colonists should have in some way particapate in the payments.

Then ofcourse there was the issue of trade. The American colonists wanted to carry out free trade with the Spanish Portugese and the Dutch. Could a compromise sollution been found? Was trade so inevitable with these "lesser powers" for the colonists well being, or was this all just about plain old greed:eek:?


Anyway, could the American war of indepence been advoided, and what would the world be like without them? The French revoltion probobly would have never happened, but instead there would have been some kind of riots and stuff like that:rolleyes: No organized plan for a Roman style Republic. The rebellion is put down and foreign powers such as Britain manage to return the French king back to the throne. No Napoleon and no Napoleon wars.

No revolutions, but instead a "British style" slow evolution of the Parlamentary system. Also no US aid to Britain during WW1 What will happen in the war against Germany:eek:? Britain too tired and overstreched to fight against German expansion in the Atlantic, and Japense expansion in the Pacific. Britain gets help from countries like Russia, France, and maybe also Italy, but is that enough? A different World War 1, where Japan joins the "Axis powers" alongside with Germany?

Britain is the first country to denonate it's nuclear bomb. No Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What would the world be like? Your comments please:rolleyes:
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