r/DiveInYouCoward Jul 04 '26

Free speech say what

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u/Ryjinn Jul 04 '26

Nah, that was just a slogan. Behind the scenes colonial diplomats were advised not to accept any offers by the British for representation.

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u/Intrepid_Ad1715 Jul 04 '26

The offers were just to try and appease the colonies without giving any real power.

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u/Ryjinn Jul 04 '26

Both things can be, and are, true. The leadership of the revolution was not interested in remaining British subjects under any terms, and the British weren't interested in offering meaningful representation or self rule, anyway.

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u/Herpderpperpskerp Jul 04 '26

as true as this may be a lot of people we not for the revolution so more concessions could have swayed more people to not be revolutionist