Why did Great Britain have the US become its own country instead of just giving it representation in Parliament?

Pusan Born wrote:

You know nothing about Asia. For almost 120 years from 1900s until today, Japanese have happily and willingly donated the bulk of their national wealth to the development of East Asia and South East Asia, with plenty of resources to India s well. From 1930-1945 Japanese dismantled and wiped out the British Empire in China, South East Asia, and India clearing the way for the Asian Economic Miracle. From the 1950s Japanese spent it's resources helping it's own Asian peoples by developing the Five Tigers, China, Taiwan South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The world we have today can be credited mostly to the gratious and generous people of Japan. Arigato to our Japanese Asian brothers and sisters.

True that. No sense bringing up bad memories. Asia is marching forward and will soon be the #1 economic region of the world. Have fun.

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Also, america is so different than the other colonies that the British owned. There is no reflection or residue of any form that we used to be a british colony. The queen is still head of state of Canada and Australia, and you can still see that british connection. But nothing english carried over in america, not the accent, not the culture, nothing. The only way you would know that we used to be an english colony is by reading about it.[/quote]

Britain got us into ww1 and ww2 so they have always had plenty of power inside our government. Not ruling power, but very strong influence. All those Americans who died for Britain --- what an unnecessary shame.

The British Empire murdered over 250 Million people during it's genocidal reign of naval terrorism. 100 Million Chinese were poisoned to death by the British Army using Opium and other drugs.

You obviously have a perverse affinity towards geishas .

Social Media analyst wrote:

Kate is part Asian and so cute. She's part Norman/French who were back in the day conquered by the Huns / Chinese. Great for optics.

My Dad was an USAF pilot and we lived in Scotland when I was as a child. I recall Scottish children appeared like children in Hawaii, i.e. 'hapas' or part Asians.

basic 7th grade history wrote:

Sorry, you are wrong. The U.S. initiated the war, so Britain was not trying to ‘retake’ anything. They were defending. Perhaps, once they were engaged they had visions of retaking colonies, but I have never read that anywhere, and firmly believe you are just spewing rubbish for the sake of being a dick.

I don't need to provide a link. America has won EVERY WAR we've ever had. Especially Vietnam.

The internet says America started the war because England was providing material support to Indian attacks in the west. Also because England was taking American merchant ships during their war with Napoleon. The internet is wrong though. America is UNDEFEATED. My history teacher told me.

Jeeze. Get over it. English always whine about the overnight destruction of their empire in India and China. Englisg still are tagalongs with Trump's Empire in Palestine and Middle East ;-)

History Lord wrote:

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Wow. Some serious history lessons needed across the board.

The UK and US certainly tied up Axis resources, and the US did a great job of deafeating the Japanese whilst the Chinese and British did a good job of tying up Japanese forces. However, the European theatre was won by Russia. Russia defeated Germany. They would have done this without lend lease too. Look at the detail of the Russian campaign specifically in terms of scale and you’ll understand. Until then stop being hysterically patriotic.

Glad someone has a basic grasp of WWII.

Hitler lost more than an army at Stalingrad; he lost a war.

"No taxation without representation" was merely a slogan. The last things our founding fathers wanted was to be given representation in Parliament as the majority would just outvote us. What was desired was complete separation. Our founding fathers felt we could go it on our own. We no longer needed the British to protect us from the French as they were defeated a few years earlier. That war called "The French and Indian War" in the Western Hemisphere and "The seven years war" in Europe eliminated most of France's power in the Western Hemisphere. True they would briefly get back what we later called "The Louisiana Purchase" until they needed funds. After that war Britain was in debt. They realized that they needed more taxation from the colonies.

The real riches were in the south in the Caribbean. The 13 Colonies were in ice box as far as making the Crown money. When the French and the Dutch came into the war on our side the British had to defend their holdings in the Caribbean. Did it hurt Britain losing the 13 colonies? Not at all. The British Empire came into its own and reached peak power in the 19th Century. When the Revolutionary War ended they resumed trade and their companies reaped fortunes as our industries were not well developed.

About the tax on tea which caused the Boston Tea Party. If every colonist drank a gallon of tea a day the tax would have cost them $1 a year. The revolt wasn't about money but autonomy. In my opinion we owe our thanks to George Washington. Without his leadership the Revolution would have failed.

Can anyone recommend any really good WWII books? I'm particularly interested in a book that focuses on all the mistakes made by both sides.

IIRC, the Battle of Midway was really a roll of the dice. Hitler made massive mistakes, but he was a maniac addicted to drugs by his doctor. (This is an interesting sidebar that's not often discussed.) The Allies religated their most brilliant general to the back burner because he smacked a soldier in a hospital. Put Patton in charge and the Allies would have taken Berlin.

I studied Military History in college, but I can't remember the details. My vague recollection was that both sides just bumbled through the war.