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I would much prefer independence due to the fact

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I would declare independence because Britain has only been declaring things at us. Britain has never tried to smooth things over with us so we shouldn't try with them either.

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I would want independence because England was taking advantage of America and abusing its power so I wouldn't want to be ruled by them.

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I would prefer to declare independence because Britain taxed us way too much.

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INDEPENDENCE, because I already know how it ends.

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If I was a colonist I would try to smooth things over with Great Britain, however if they do not give into our demands we will have to declare independence.

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I would declare independence. Great Britain taxed the colonists way to much.

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I would declare independence because I would want to stand up for my opinion and what I think is right.

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I would declare independence. I think this because it is worth fighting for and we need it.

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I would declare independence with Great Britain. They have already taxed us a lot, and havebeen in war, they probably woun't wanna smooth things over.

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I would declare independence because it is good for everyone like the taxes Britain was taxing everyone. Also it is a good because then they can do or go anywhere they want.

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I would declare independence since Britain is taxing way to much. They are also trapping the colonists.

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I would also try and declare independence, since at this point Britain has shown that they are likely going to keep passing Act after Act. The colonists will get angrier and angrier until it's impossible to smooth over both sides' tensions and it boils over into revolution anyways.

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If I was a colonist I would declare independence. when the british and colonists were at terms the british continued to tax them and take advantage of the colonies. so by fighting for independence we would be able to govern ourselves and spend our own money.

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I would declare independence. I would declare independence because I would want to stand up for my opinion and do what right for the colonists. The colonists need to to prove their point to the British that they shouldn't tax the colonists anymore.

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I would declare independence because it's not right paying taxes that don't affect the colonies. If we just smooth things over with the British we would still have to pay which would cause many to lose their jobs.

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If I were a colonists, I would declare independence because Great Britain shouldn't be able to keep taxing and punishing us.

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If I were a colonist, I would declare independence. I would do this because the British taxed me unfairly and created harsh laws. Even if the British would not tax me if I smoothed things over, who is to say that if they go back into debt they will not do the same thing again. I would rather be free than have to worry about unfair and harsh ruling.

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I would declare independence, because the colonist are an ocean away and a govorement ruled by a King and people that have no idea what life is like in the colonies.

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Do both at the same time, you could smooth things out but also get independence, so its a win-win.

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I would declare independence because Independence is good. I would also declare independence because then Great Brittan cant tax us anymore.