Believe it or not, independence wasn't the initial goal of the colonists. What did the Americans originally seek from Britain?

In 1775, the war began with the colonies wishing only for greater autonomy from the Empire. They had petitioned King George III, vowing that their objective was not independence. The Continental Congress even asked the King to protect the colonies. But the King and the British ministers now saw the colonists as the enemy, which led to only one option for them: independence.

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