Thread: 10 point history question/opinion.?

in your opinion, was an American revolution separating the colonies from England inevitable after the Glorious Revolution had encouraged colonists to end the Dominion of New England?

tell me what you think and the best answer will get 10 points!
thanks for the feedback. how do you think England could have enforced its rule on the colonies without rebellion??

the glorious revolution was not the only thing that made the colonists want to revolt agains Britain. The reasons stated in the declaration of independence were also that they were tired of being ruled by a tyrant and they listed grievances such as the stamp, sugar, and quartering act that seriously enfuriated the colonists, not only that but one of the worst things that Britain did to the colonists was that they could only export raw materials out to Britain and only Britain; this meant that the colonists could not make any clothing out of cotton as an example, so the colonists would lose a great amount of money that they could have gotten as an income.
The American Revolution was a thing waiting to happen, and im sure that the English were probably expecting it from all the acts they imposed on the colonists.

well I don't see really in which way did the Glorious Revolution encouraged the colonists to end the Dominion.

It is important to remember that many places in Britain and even England couldn't vote. Manchester for instance had not MP. MPs represented officially the people of the kingdom as a whole, not merely their own constituants. So the fact that the colonists didn't vote wasn't seen as a problem, not more than say the fact that the poor and the women hadn't the right to participate to the elections either.

Ultimately the political issue and representativeness were way less important as causes of the rebellion than economic matters and the burden of a large army on their land (remember the 3rd amendment).

So from that I'd say that less soldiers, free trade and lighter taxes and generally the enforcement of the principles contained in the US Bill of Rights may have delayed the Independence movement.

But, based on the fact that almost ever single overseas colony has declared its independence, (not only England's but also all the European colonies), you can guess that at one point it had to stop. Even nowadays one feels the need for de-centralization of powers and feeling that decisions are taken close to him. Even more so in the 18th and 19th cent. so at one point or an other the independence would have happened, but maybe peacefully.

The war wih England is actually the one thing that was avoidable. See for instance the Brazilian independence from Portugal.