How would the United States be different as a commonwealth realm?

[Indy Texas 🇺🇦🇵🇸]

Suppose the American Revolution never really got off the ground. The colonies remain British.

During the Napoleonic Wars, the Americans inflict serious damage on French Louisiana, allowing the entire territory to become a British colony under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, and in return the Americans are granted a greater degree of autonomy and the right to draft their own constitution and deal with most domestic issues as they choose.

Importation of slaves ceases with Britain's passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. Slavery is abolished in all parts of the British Empire, including America, in 1833.

The United States of America becomes a fully independent member of the Commonwealth at the same time Australia, Canada and New Zealand do via the Statute of Westminster in 1931.

In what ways does this version of the United States look different from the actual one? In what ways would it be the same?

[tpfkaw]

Importation of slaves ceases with Britain's passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. Slavery is abolished in all parts of the British Empire, including America, in 1833.

There is no way this would have happened.

[barfbag]

It's very interesting to ponder on this subject. I think the states would've gradually gained independence with different border lines and by now would have become what we know as the U.S. Other than that, our economics, politics, government, and culture wouldn't be recognizable from what we have today.

[Blue3]

Importation of slaves ceases with Britain's passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. Slavery is abolished in all parts of the British Empire, including America, in 1833.

There is no way this would have happened.

Yeah, the South would just be trying to secede from the British Empire instead.

[H. Ross Peron]

This book has a fairly good extrapolation of the scenario although I doubt there'd be a superpower Mexico dominated by Revolutionary War refugees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail_(novel)

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

If the American Revolution fizzles, the French one may never have happened, or happened ten years sooner if the French got involved and the American Revolution collapsed.  Either way, there would be so many butterflies let loose, it becomes nigh on impossible that Napoleon ever takes power.