There is no way of knowing what life would be like in the territory that now makes up the United States if there had never been a revolution. Anybody who offers up: "Well, just look at Canada", isn't putting forth a very compelling argument. Canada was different from the Thirteen Colonies from the very beginning. Just because the two happened to share the same landmass and border one another does not make them so similar as to be interchangeable.
The United States occupies the choicest piece of territory on the face of this planet. There is no contiguous (or relatively contiguous), chunk of land anywhere on Earth that even comes remotely close to what the United States has. Not only is there a level of variety to it that's nearly unmatched (deserts, forests, hills, marsh-lands, mountains, plains, rain-forest, swamps, bayous and other wetlands), but the land is more fertile than that of practically any other soil found anywhere. Even a modest sized farm in the American heartland can produce a yield that dwarfs that of farms elsewhere in North America, and across the world.
The United States is blessed with a great many navigable rivers that feed into the sea and into the Great Lakes, making it easy to transport goods inland and to take goods from inland to the coast. Both the United States and Canada are blessed when it comes to natural resources - something that Great Britain is obviously not and that was a major driving force in what compelled England, later Britain, to seek an empire to begin with - to gain access to much-needed raw materials. The US has coal, natural gas, timber, oil, ore, and while Canada has its own share of valuable raw materials, the growing season is much shorter in Canada and the yield from its farms is far smaller than that of the US, and Canada does not have nearly as much oil as the US, though it does have greater deposits of other minerals, which is only to be expected considering its larger land area.
But the biggest edge that the Thirteen Colonies, and later the USA, has and had over Canada is the fact that it's a much more habitable place. Even today, ninety percent of the population of Canada lives within a few hours drive of the American border. Most of Canada is sparsely populated. Vast swathes are completely uninhabited. The climate is too extreme for agriculture, and because the population has always been small, there's very little infrastructure as there was never any need for it. Canada's population has always been but a fraction of that of the US. Fewer people means that cities are smaller, there are fewer jobs, and there's a lot less diversity. Because the population of the US is many times greater than that of Canada, it's a more varied place - demographically it's far more mixed, and that variety has led to Americans having to find a way to blend all of those elements together. It also fostered a sense of innovation, an explosion of ideas that's never been seen before or since anywhere in the world. Think about the staggering amount of inventions that have come out of the USA in the past 230 years. It's just mad.
Other than the fact that Americans and Canadians speak two different dialects of the same language and they are both citizens of a country that was settled by white, Christians which are governed by the principles of democratic republicanism, there aren't many more similarities. Americans and Canadians think differently, see their role in the world differently, and envision a different future for themselves. Portugal was once one of the most powerful countries in the world too. Its empire was vast, and the jewel in its crown was Brazil. Today, Brazil is an independent nation, and is far, far richer than its mother country ever was. Many Portuguese emigrate to Brazil. Because the United States and Canada are immense countries, it's difficult to narrow down a strict description for what the quality of life is like in each. There are people with boatloads of money in both Canada and the USA, and there are plenty of poor people as well. Because there's such a vast difference in population, it's a given that there can't be an equation between the two.
The United States has a population more than 10 times that of Canada. Think about that. Imagine if there were 600 million people living in Australia. Would it be possible to compare Australia to the UK if that wee the case? Of course not. When you've got ten times as many people, there's never going to be any realistic or fair comparison. More people means a much larger army, but it also means much more crime... More people means bigger cities, more infrastructure, and thus a much larger economy, but it also means that there's more pollution, more congestion, and more corruption and mismanagement and ineptitude. And a lot more injustice.
If there had never been a revolution to break Britain's hold on the Thirteen Colonies, the British would have been left to contend with the fact that it was inevitable for the citizens of such a blessed place to rise to their destiny. It wouldn't matter whether Britain or France or Spain or China had been in charge at some point. There's simply no way that the citizens of such a place could somehow have failed to see the potential and that they didn't need a master to guide them along. No matter what, either by open rebellion or by a peaceful parting of the ways, the United States would have come into existence in some form or another and still would have risen to become the wealthiest, most powerful, and most influential country in human history.
Canada did not revolt, and many would suggest it is a better country to live in than the USA. Opinions certainly will vary, but, Canada is a good example of how things might have worked out for the USA.
But I'm reasonably confident a world in which the revolution never happened would be better than the one we live in now, for three main reasons: Slavery would've been abolished earlier, American Indians would've faced rampant persecution but not the outright ethnic cleansing Andrew Jackson and other American leaders perpetrated, and America would have a parliamentary system of government that makes policymaking easier and lessens the risk of democratic collapse.
the free thinking and other freedoms individuals got by the govt we set up changed the world and inspired just about all the innovation you see around you ..
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There would be NO USA so your question is Moot.
There is no way of knowing what life would be like in the territory that now makes up the United States if there had never been a revolution. Anybody who offers up: "Well, just look at Canada", isn't putting forth a very compelling argument. Canada was different from the Thirteen Colonies from the very beginning. Just because the two happened to share the same landmass and border one another does not make them so similar as to be interchangeable.
The United States occupies the choicest piece of territory on the face of this planet. There is no contiguous (or relatively contiguous), chunk of land anywhere on Earth that even comes remotely close to what the United States has. Not only is there a level of variety to it that's nearly unmatched (deserts, forests, hills, marsh-lands, mountains, plains, rain-forest, swamps, bayous and other wetlands), but the land is more fertile than that of practically any other soil found anywhere. Even a modest sized farm in the American heartland can produce a yield that dwarfs that of farms elsewhere in North America, and across the world.
The United States is blessed with a great many navigable rivers that feed into the sea and into the Great Lakes, making it easy to transport goods inland and to take goods from inland to the coast. Both the United States and Canada are blessed when it comes to natural resources - something that Great Britain is obviously not and that was a major driving force in what compelled England, later Britain, to seek an empire to begin with - to gain access to much-needed raw materials. The US has coal, natural gas, timber, oil, ore, and while Canada has its own share of valuable raw materials, the growing season is much shorter in Canada and the yield from its farms is far smaller than that of the US, and Canada does not have nearly as much oil as the US, though it does have greater deposits of other minerals, which is only to be expected considering its larger land area.
But the biggest edge that the Thirteen Colonies, and later the USA, has and had over Canada is the fact that it's a much more habitable place. Even today, ninety percent of the population of Canada lives within a few hours drive of the American border. Most of Canada is sparsely populated. Vast swathes are completely uninhabited. The climate is too extreme for agriculture, and because the population has always been small, there's very little infrastructure as there was never any need for it. Canada's population has always been but a fraction of that of the US. Fewer people means that cities are smaller, there are fewer jobs, and there's a lot less diversity. Because the population of the US is many times greater than that of Canada, it's a more varied place - demographically it's far more mixed, and that variety has led to Americans having to find a way to blend all of those elements together. It also fostered a sense of innovation, an explosion of ideas that's never been seen before or since anywhere in the world. Think about the staggering amount of inventions that have come out of the USA in the past 230 years. It's just mad.
Other than the fact that Americans and Canadians speak two different dialects of the same language and they are both citizens of a country that was settled by white, Christians which are governed by the principles of democratic republicanism, there aren't many more similarities. Americans and Canadians think differently, see their role in the world differently, and envision a different future for themselves. Portugal was once one of the most powerful countries in the world too. Its empire was vast, and the jewel in its crown was Brazil. Today, Brazil is an independent nation, and is far, far richer than its mother country ever was. Many Portuguese emigrate to Brazil. Because the United States and Canada are immense countries, it's difficult to narrow down a strict description for what the quality of life is like in each. There are people with boatloads of money in both Canada and the USA, and there are plenty of poor people as well. Because there's such a vast difference in population, it's a given that there can't be an equation between the two.
The United States has a population more than 10 times that of Canada. Think about that. Imagine if there were 600 million people living in Australia. Would it be possible to compare Australia to the UK if that wee the case? Of course not. When you've got ten times as many people, there's never going to be any realistic or fair comparison. More people means a much larger army, but it also means much more crime... More people means bigger cities, more infrastructure, and thus a much larger economy, but it also means that there's more pollution, more congestion, and more corruption and mismanagement and ineptitude. And a lot more injustice.
If there had never been a revolution to break Britain's hold on the Thirteen Colonies, the British would have been left to contend with the fact that it was inevitable for the citizens of such a blessed place to rise to their destiny. It wouldn't matter whether Britain or France or Spain or China had been in charge at some point. There's simply no way that the citizens of such a place could somehow have failed to see the potential and that they didn't need a master to guide them along. No matter what, either by open rebellion or by a peaceful parting of the ways, the United States would have come into existence in some form or another and still would have risen to become the wealthiest, most powerful, and most influential country in human history.
Canada did not revolt, and many would suggest it is a better country to live in than the USA. Opinions certainly will vary, but, Canada is a good example of how things might have worked out for the USA.
There would be no USA to be better or worse off.
Yes.
But I'm reasonably confident a world in which the revolution never happened would be better than the one we live in now, for three main reasons: Slavery would've been abolished earlier, American Indians would've faced rampant persecution but not the outright ethnic cleansing Andrew Jackson and other American leaders perpetrated, and America would have a parliamentary system of government that makes policymaking easier and lessens the risk of democratic collapse.
https://www.vox.com/2015/7/2/8884885/american-revo...
too bad you are an atheist......we were part of Gods plan, the newz will never mention it,
or any of the related info.....like the lost tribes.....
For your answer, just look at Canada.
His advisor told King George III, "The colonists are revolting." The king replied, "They certainly are."
the free thinking and other freedoms individuals got by the govt we set up changed the world and inspired just about all the innovation you see around you ..