The American Indepenence was net harmful

If the rebellion did not start, or failed to find enough popular support (both of which were very likely possibilities for failure). The U.S.A. would have been unable to gain independence, and thus would have become in essence, a richer, more populated, and less cold version of Canada.For the purpose of this debate, I am assuming that the USA becomes a constitutional monarchy, with a liberal democracy and the English monarch as head of state. The USA would be a part of the Commonwealth, and international affairs would be guided by London, much as Canada and Australia were and are today.Since Canada is in North America, in a setting similar to the USA, it is reasonable to conclude that American society would develop much the same way as Canada did in OTL.Canada today is a positive force on the world, and most importantly, is not a negative force on the world.My argument assumes that OTL USA has many negative traits and actions that could have been prevented by following the path of OTL Canada and Australia.The world would have greater net benefits if the USA were a British dominion for the reasons that:I. Less imperialism, less aggression, less unnecessary violence leads to less net harmsII. Canadian/Australian-type societies are more liberal and produce more net benefits.I will concentrate on I. and move into II. on my next round.I. Conflicts that would have been avoided1. Manifest DestinyBritish dominions rarely took aggressive expansionist actions towards fellow western countries, Certainly not on a large scale when they did.Britain would very rarely use its colonies to seize the colonies of others. The one exception being French Canada. In East Asia, Africa, and Latin America, British colonies halted all expansion once they reached the borders of a fellow European colony.Thus, it can be extrapolated that if the USA were a dominion, it would not have had a reason nor the authorization to invent and execute the idea of “Manifest Destiny” and wrest large portions of North America from Mexican and Spanish hands.This means the Mexican-American and Spanish-American wars would have been prevented.R32;Also, Dominions have never declared war on each other, and thus the War of 1812 could never have occurred as the USA could not possibly attack Canada in order to occupy North America.The land wrested from Mexico in the war already had Mexican nationals living on that land, and their descendants continue to live there. Today, Mexican-Americans are treated as second-class citizens in a country that, if history had gone a little differently, would be theirs. (1a)2. Pacific colonial empireBritain did not have great ambition towards the Pacific ocean. The only real pacific powers of OTL were the USA, Russia and Japan. Japan and Russia both competed with America in the Pacific in that respective order.America’s Pacific ambitions led it to snatch a great many strategic islands, and then build massive navies to project American power across the Pacific. This prompted West-facing Japan to turn east and match the power of America. The resulting naval arms race helped justify and spur Japanese imperialism in east Asia, which led to Japan waging several wars in order to capture strategic pacific bases, just as America had done. This face-off culminated in the Pacific War of 1941-1945, as Japan and America’s navies wrought destruction upon each other and hundreds of islands caught in the crossfire, including densely populated places such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Japanese home islands themselves. (2a,2b)After the Japanese defeat, the Soviet Union rose as the next contender against the USA in Pacific strategic dominance, characterized by a large nuclear-capable submarine fleet. The threat of nuclear war between the SU and the USA led to yet another arms race, this time not only in fleets and bases but also in nuclear weapons.If the USA were a dominion of Britain and thus had not become a Pacific power, these conflicts would have been avoided. Japan and Russia would not have needed such large navies, and thus the military ambitions of all parties would have been reduced, leading to less conventional war in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries, as well as less threat of nuclear war in the mid to late twentieth century.3. Latin America hegemonyBritish dominions were democratic countries that did not forcefully exert their influence on neighboring countries. If the USA had not had its own hegemony, Latin America would not have spend a century and half being bullied by the “Northern Giant”. The cost incurred during this time period is incalculable. Military and economic interventions in Latin America crushed the people there and rendered them down to mere tools for the American market.Later, especially during the Cold War, the USA would outright depose governments that it did not deem likable enough and replaced them with USA-friendly dictatorships in exchange for economic boons, such as the drug trade. Countless hundreds of thousands have been killed by the strongmen that the USA has hired in Latin America. (3a,3b,3c)If America were a dominion, the USA would not have had the ability to develop it’s own hegemony under the supervision of London, and thus the countries of Latin America would not have been stomped under the American heel. To this day, thousands flow our of South American countries to flee the terrible economic conditions and repressive political conditions. Both are results of American hegemony that could have been avoided.4. Cold War interventions in Asia/AfricaThe continued desire for global domination, the need for expansionism and economic imperialism meant that the USA would mercilessly compete against other countries to secure a slice of wealth for itself, at the cost of the people living on exploited land.Britain, when it was a world power, did not aggressively antagonize nor vilify their political rivals. It is clear that if the USA were a British dominion, it would have been unable to justify violence with "it hurts the communists". Thus, tragedies such as the Vietnam war(4a), the Cambodian (4b) and Laotian genocides(4c), the East Timor genocide(4d), the Afghan wars 1979-present(5e), the Iranian Shah(5f), the Second Gulf War(5g), and countless other political conflicts in Africa all would not have been supported and thus would have had either a much smaller negative impact, or not even have started at all. (5h,5i).5. Involvement in EuropeSince the USA was not directly linked to any European power, it pursued an isolationist policy vis a vis Europe. This meant that American involvement in European affairs, especially conflicts, was severely limited.It is undeniable that if America had remained a dominion like Canada, it would have supported Britain through thick and thin, as Canada did through all of Britain’s conflicts.Thus, if the entirety of American industrial might were available for Britain during times of need right from the beginning, the most destructive wars in history could have been ended much more quickly, if not prevented completely.If the Allies had full access to American men and materials from the first day rather than only during the final year, WW1 the war would have ended sooner, resulting in fewer deaths and far less destruction. If WW1 had ended more favorably due to early USA participation, Russia might not even have had the Russian Revolution, which is an entire can of worms on it’s own.If the Allies had full access to American men and materials from the first day rather than only starting from halfway into the war, the Nazis would have been defeated much earlier, and their genocidal plans would have been foiled before they could go into full motion.This is even ignoring the fact that the enemies of democracy would have been much more wary of starting war if they were not assured American neutrality. The Central powers and the Axis were only so bold because they thought that the USA would not join the Allies, the side of democracy.Conclusion of Argument I.The USA as a dominion of Britain would not pursue imperialism, would not pursue an aggressive approach to the Cold War, would not support dictators all over the world and would not ferment violence and conflict for the sake of profit.By not having a completely independent USA, there could have been many less harms incurred against the people of the world.Less harms means more net benefit for the entire world.Sources:1.a)http://www.economist.com...2.a)George W. Baer, One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U. S. Navy, 1890-1990 (1994) pp. 108-9b)Harlow A. Hyde, Scraps of paper: the disarmament treaties between the world wars (1988) p 2393.a)http://www.zompist.com...b)http://www.globalresearch.ca...c)http://friendlydictators.blogspot.com...4.a)http://en.wikipedia.org...b)http://worldwithoutgenocide.org...c)http://legaciesofwar.org...d)http://en.wikipedia.org...e)http://en.wikipedia.org...f)http://rt.com...g)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Warh)http://en.wikipedia.org...i)morallowground.com/2013/01/20/us-supports-brutal-dictators-in-4-of-7-least-free-nations/