Did The British Underestimate The American Revolution

Hi Abby. You make a good agrument. The British did underestimate the colonists' reaction to the new taxes and regulations. I think they took it for granted that the colonists would just fall in line – like good Englishmen. However, the more the British pushed for compliance, the more the colonists resisted. The colonists eventually started to unite and think of themselves as Americans and not subjects of the British realm. The colonists also learned that resistance and violence were the only way to get results in their struggles with Britain. I agree that if Britain had made that one concession of allowing Americans to represent the colonies in Parliament, they might have been able to avoid the American Revolution. Although, I wonder how