What if the American Revolution never happened?

[justfollowingtheelections]

I've always been curious about this.  How do you think things would've developed in North America and the rest of the world if the United States of America didn't exist?

[justfollowingtheelections]

After the decisive defeat of the French in the Seven Years' War so that the French were no longer a threat, the divergent interests of America and Britain virtually ensured that there would be an American rebellion.  It need not have been successful but it was certain to occur.

Not necessarily.  If the British didn't pass the Stamp act or the Intolerable acts and gave the colonists representation in the British parliament, the war might have been avoided.