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I find these theoretical questions interesting.

2007-06-04 06:55:21 · 14 answers · asked by Sylvia G 3 in Arts & Humanities History

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My great-grandfather came to the United States from Ontario, so I'll take a crack at this answer.

1) The US would have lost its primary trading partner, Canada; 17.2 percent of all exported goods from the US go to Canada.
2) The French Canadians and the Louisiana Cajuns together probably would pack more political clout.
3) We would all be celebrating our independence from Great Britain at a later date, and the country would be a member of the British Commonwealth (as Canada is now).
4) The country probably would have also been drawn into World War I and II at an earlier date because of continuing ties to the Mother Country.

Most of the differences between Canada and the US are regional, based on climate. It's hard to be really enthusiastic about hockey if you grew up in the American South.

P. S. Since the British Parliament abolished slavery in 1833 without a civil war, the North American continent would have probably followed Parliament's lead.

Also, the Great Awakening would have had less influence on religion.

2007-06-04 07:32:24 · answer #1 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 0 0

The short answer is not a lot. They tend to treat the "American War of Independence" as a preliminary to the French Revolution, i.e. as part of an ideological shift from absolute monarchy to democracy. Many people would remember the Boston Tea Party and the slogan "No taxation without representation", without knowing much more about it. Actually, it is notorious that at the present time history teaching in Britain concentrates to a huge extent on the Second World War and the evils of Hitler (not always at all accurately). The US Revolutionary War is far from the only thing neglected in British history. One reason is that politically correct historians and educators are uncomfortable about teaching British history in schools that may have many pupils whose families came into the country within the last fifty years.

2016-05-21 02:14:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

The really interesting question is, how would Britain be different?

There were two British empires. The first ended with the loss of the 13 colonies. The British government then went back and learned from its mistakes. The new empire was less authoritarian and less concerned about making the colonies pay for their own upkeep. By 1946 it clearly made financial sense to cut the apron strings.

However, the first empire had to see the error of its ways. If that hadn't happened with the American revolution, it would have happened elsewhere soon after.

2007-06-04 07:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by Necromancer 3 · 0 0

First off, HCO Luva;

Slavery and racism would have disappeared much faster. In you don't know anything about the history of slavery, it would outlawed by Britain totally in 1833... Several decades BEFORE the Americans did. And they didn't have to have a stupid civil war about it.

I think the world would have been a lot better off if Britain had defeated the Colonies. YOU were the ones who spawned this whole consumer society, "I-want-I-deserve" stuff.

2007-06-04 08:08:51 · answer #4 · answered by CanadianFundamentalist 6 · 0 0

What makes you think it would be different? Read diary accounts of revolutionary soldiers and witnesses of the war. Except for having HQ in the colonies, not a single person claims that much did change.

2007-06-04 07:03:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

we'd have pubs instead of bars, fish n chips would be our national food, better manners, more sex on the telly less sex at home, fancier uniforms and a more difficult time with being in touch with our selves.

2007-06-04 08:33:56 · answer #6 · answered by jujuma2 3 · 0 0

hmm,
well if the u.s would have lost i think that we would have been a bunch of tea drinking, pip pipping, cheerio bloks.

maybe instead of having the statue of liberty we would of had big burtha, the sister to big ben.

seriously though..., i couldn't tell you. maybe it would have been better, maybe it would not have. maybe instead of states we would be regions. which would suck because i love to shout that i'm from NEW YORK!

2007-06-04 07:11:49 · answer #7 · answered by Shiori, The Lady Kazekage 2 · 0 0

Well...wouldn't we all have british accents? And the saying, "those damn americans" wouldn't exist.

2007-06-04 06:59:44 · answer #8 · answered by M&M 1 · 0 0

We would be much like Canada.

2007-06-04 06:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by Joseph G 6 · 0 0

I agree with that other answer - it would be much like Canada.

2007-06-04 07:06:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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