The significance of the american revolution to world history cannot be emphasized enough. as the first successful independence movement of a european colony, the rebellion shape the thoughts of other, later movements. think for a moment about how history would have been changed if the american revolution hadn’t happened. do you think there was anything the colonists or the british government could have done differently to avoid the revolution? what would our world possibly look like today if the original 13 colonies hadn’t rebelled? ** **

The ways it could have been avoided was the British being more lenient about who America traded with, and the taxation on certain items and trades.  America might not have rebelled if certain propaganda (The exaggeration of the Boston Massacre) or literature (common sense) was not released to sway the Americans into fighting.  The colonies would be still very different from how it was today, Americans have discovered the most ground breaking concepts and items we use today because of our encouragement of freedom, in a way we lead the world with our policies and beliefs, we are types of role models, and if we were still a part of Britain, all of the contributions and breakthroughs we have had probably would not exist

A. southerners underestimated republicans eagerness to end slavery.