[wardaddy]

For the record the commonwealth nations that did not revolt turned out OK to to be honest and tend to be the most civilized nation on the planet and the countries England colonize are better off than they were and many of the non white onee Are worse off after Britain left
Africa for example

England did not rule with as heavy a hand as their contemporaries

[Nifster]

Precisely

[OneVike]

Tell that to India and Pakistan. It took them 90 years to gain Independence.

After a few wars, they finally got freedom because WWII weakened England so much they knew they could not stop another try. Yet, because of their military and financial weakness after the war, they knew India would have kicked their ass. So they acquiesced. Thus both India and Pakistan gained Independence.