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If the colonists had not stood up for what they beleived was their fundamental right to abolish taxation without representation, and had the libertarians and extreme democratic leaders did not stand in the face of Imperial Britannia and the sovereign king by, for example, dumping taxed tea into the water, America would have simply become another British colony. The thirteen colonies would most likely have been turned into one of many satellite british colonies, and the rest of the land would be relatively open. After all, it was after the revolution that many of our presidents and leaders strongly encouraged traveling east to explore the land. If they had not, the French, Spanish, and Native Americans would still have their settlements, and who knows what would have transpired. The point is this: the colonies were okay with Britain and in line with the king. But when they felt that not only were they being treated unfairly and taxed more than any other british colony, but also that they were not even supported or represented in the British parliament, they decided the Brits really did not care about them or their situation and decided to do something about it. If they had not, they would have been mistreted till every cent was drained from those colonies, and then it would have been on to the next. The brits refused to permit any colony representation in the government, let alone hear their pleas from 3,000 miles away. How would you feel if you were off making a living and happy as a hotel owner on a private island catering to celebrities, raking in the millions and helping the indigenous people in the area, only to find that some conceited stranger across the pond wants not just a piece, but a HUGE HANDFUL of what you worked hard to earn? I think it was this instinctive "fighting for your keep" that sparked the revolution, and without it America would not exist. In the end it became "fighting for what is right", but it's not how it started.

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