WI: American Rebels declare themselves new British government instead of indepedence
- Thread starter Maponus
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Well it is said that the Patriots were angry against Parliament rather then King George III.
So instead of declaring independence, George Washington, states that he is the dutiful elected Prime Minister of America?
GdwnsnHo
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Unusual, but difficult for George III - if the Patriots manage to consolidate.
Chances are the idea that the Parliament would have to provide some concessions to the British Crown to prevent a loss of face for the King and prevent war. But it could work - it'll just be an uneasy relationship until the British and Colonial Parliaments figure out a way to work together.
Regarding the OP - it'd be difficult to encourage the British to rise up at home - the army is literally them. They have no additional grievances to encourage a revolution - not unless the Colonial government was granting much wider enfranchisement than was given IOTL. Not to mention whether that sort of news would be allowed to be circulated back in Britain.
You mean something like Dominion status similar to Canada and Australia?
But didn't Britain only came up with the idea of self-governing Dominions only after learning from their mistakes in the American War?
But didn't Britain only came up with the idea of self-governing Dominions only after learning from their mistakes in the American War?
Anaxagoras
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Thomas Jefferson, in his Summary View of the Rights of British America in 1774, proposed more or less what would later be called Dominion status for the American colonies. The pamphlet was widely read in Britain as well as America.
