Was the American Revolution Justified

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

In hindsight it might have been better if the British Empire gave the colonists in America seats in Parliament and America never rebelled. It would only be a matter of time before a version of expansion to the West began and America would eventually become the economic powerhouse of the British Empire.

There is the possibility that the British Empire would be a massive "superstate" of sorts that would be practically unbeatable by any other power by 1850. By 1900 it would take an alliance of France, Germany, and Russia to even stand up to the British Empire, butterflies permitting.

The only downside I can see is that it might take the British longer to ban slavery considering the economic interests in the Southeastern American Colonies but it probably would be banned before 1865. Also consider the Southerners are less likely to rebel against a massive British Empire in this scenario.

IT owuld not have stopped the rebellion because that did not want representation in Parliament where they would be completely outvoted. Franklin was even instructed when he went there to never accept any such deal.

Also, it would be difficult with the restrictions on settlement and manufacturing for America to take off in the manner you describe.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I think the problem many are facing here is that they tie Revolution directly back to the primal causation (taxes) and state that it wasn't justified.

Taxes - Protests (culminating in the Boston Tea Party) - British Overaction (Intollerable Acts) - Revolution.

The Revolution did not start and it would not have started simply because of the taxes, or the various restrictions, but because of how Britain responded to the protests over such.

I do date the start of the Revolution to the Boston Tea Party but that on its own would not have started a Revolution had Britain not reacted in the way that it did. Certainly by 1775 and most definately by 1776 once Britain rejected the Olive Branch petition, it was justified. The ironic thing is that Britain offered the equivalent of dominion status in 1778, two years too late. Had they offerred that in response to the Olive Branch Petition, history would have been very different