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TheVenerableCain  ·  3430 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Was the American revolution a mistake?

Likely, you would've seen the more northern states siding with Britain, since a lot of their workforce was immigration-based. The southern states, which relied heavily on slavery, could have revolted, but without support of every state, they'd likely be crushed without foreign intervention.