Here you hit upon a main problem about redress:
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Originally Posted by stormlion1
The Colonies had no permanent representation, they had the right though to send a embassy to petition parliament though.
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This is the center of that "no taxation without representation" stuff. There was no seat for the "Borough of Boston", Massachusetts Bay colony, New York, Virginia, etc.
There was no one who could stand in the midst of legislative body (Parliament) and speak for and
VOTE for the interests of those British citizens living in the colonies.
So, at least from the view of those living in the colonies, they certainly were not served by a British republic.
I will remind our readership that particularly at the time, who actually got to vote for their Member of Parliament varied widely across England; in many (non-urban) districts, a few wealthy landholders selected among themselves; in more urban settings, the vote was still rather limited.
I'll suggest that at the time, England considered herself a Monarchy, with the King wielding some actual power, and the Prime Minister performing the bulk of the heavy lifting.
However, the American Revolution gets sticky for other reasons. Recall that initially, it was a confederation of states (the former colonies) with only weak
central ties. The problems with that led to the Constitution; it's initial shortcomings led to the Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment...
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Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - W. Churchill, House of Commons, 1947
Uncle Ted