The answer is income taxes
Some thought war was too drastic. They thought "wait a second, let's not do something crazy here. Let's just try to work with Britain to get our rights back, instead of overthrowing the whole thing and establishing our own thing. That's just too much." Some thought that we would lose the revolution (which, in all honesty, they had good reason to think that) and didn't want to upset Britain.
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Explanation: 1. The North had Britain and the French on there side
2. The North had an enormous industrial advantage
3. Nearly 21 million people lived in 23 Northern states. The South claimed just 9 million people — including 3.5 million slaves
4. Since the North controlled the navy, the seas were in the hands of the Union.
5. The North had twice the density of railroads per square mile
6. The North had loads more factories to make supplies for the Union army
7. The North had many non slave people to grow food and work in factories
8. This one is kinda obvious but the North won the war.