[jeffersondem]

“So what, exactly is your problem with that, Jeffersondem.”

Let me ask the question like this: who determined that independence was a “necessity?”

[rockrr]

Why is there air?

[BroJoeK]

jeffersomdem: "Let me ask the question like this: who determined that independence was a 'necessity?' "

It wasn't just made necessary, it was already accomplished by King George and the British Parliament.
I would put that in the category of "self-evident" truths.

[DiogenesLamp]

Let me ask the question like this: who determined that independence was a “necessity?”

That the Canadians did not see it as a "necessity" appears to be lost on BroJoeK.

The fact that the Canadians saw the conditions as tolerable, makes it pretty clear that the founders were leaving the United Kingdom "at pleasure."

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