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In reply to the discussion: 20% of colonists supported the British during the Revolutionary War. [View all]LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)3. I'm not so sure I would have supported the revolution.
The British weren't really doing such a bad job of managing the colonies. They allowed a lot of self-government and they didn't govern with such a heavy hand. If the British had remained in control, slavery probably would have ended decades before it did and there wouldn't have been a civil war. We might even be one country with Canada.
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20% of colonists supported the British during the Revolutionary War. [View all]
byronius
May 2020
OP
Actually, the figure was probably higher for loyalists in North America in the 1770's.
NNadir
May 2020
#2
Your point is well taken. Slavery was definitely an issue. It's in the Declaration.
NNadir
May 2020
#6
So you are saying that America was NOT the influence of many anti colonizational movements?
SQUEE
May 2020
#24
I am saying the reality on balance has been slathered in the blood of innocents, with the actual
Celerity
May 2020
#25
The king didn't have complete authority -- Parliament held the purse strings.
whathehell
May 2020
#30
I've always thought that Republicans would have been on the side of the British...
somaticexperiencing
May 2020
#5