The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government.
I hated school. After 15, you went off to college if you were good enough. It didn't appeal to me so I left school. I did what everybody did - get a job.
A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.