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Date Posted: 01:45:47 07/15/07 Sun
Author: Herodotus
Author Host/IP: 124-168-71-18.dyn.iinet.net.au / 124.168.71.18
Subject: Re: Was it the Best Decision that the US declared Independence?
In reply to: RMW Stanford 's message, "Re: Was it the Best Decision that the US declared Independence?" on 12:55:03 07/09/07 Mon

>>>>Had the US remained a colony it
>>>>would probably be a smaller nation now than what it
>>>is.
>>>
>>>...and a more civilized and cultivated nation like
>>>Canada!
>>
>>Next question, would Canada have gained independance
>>in 1867 then? One of the big fears in Canada in 1867
>>was American invasion.
>
>
>Another would be how would the British Empire have
>developed in the long run if you had one of the
>colonys become as powerful on its own as the home
>country

But the USA would not have existed as a single entity so may not have been as powerful as the UK. It would have been several small colonies scattered across North America.

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