becase they were scared that the british would defeat them in war.
It convinced more colonist to take a move towards independence.
They needed things to get bad enough that Rebel sentiments would be high enough that support for independence would outweigh the Tories support for the British, so they would be fighting a revolution against Britain and not a civil war against themselves. They also wanted to get European support for their cause as well.
No. Palestine did not even declare independence until 1988.
Well, mainly because they wanted to carry a majority of opinion in each of the 13 states with them. The colonies were not united until after the war was over and, if the radical leaders of colonial opinion had moved too fast, it could have been that some states would have declared independence while others did not.
About five years!
Only you can determine the topic that you will take a stand on to declare your own independence. It has to really have a strong meaning to you and I don't know you well enough to choose something that is important to you.
They did not group together very fast, most did not like being a colony but no one bothered to make a group. Then It took a while to actually write the Declaration of Independence
a colonist who doesn't take sides
a colonist who doesn't take sides
25 years
It takes about an hour and 45 minutes to get to Maryville from Independence.
7 to 8 weeks