Was The American Revolution Inevitable?

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“The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American!” yelled Patrick Henry (Goodreads 1). This quotation shows how the colonies were bound together because of the one idea they all shared in common: they did not want to be controlled and governed by the British Crown anymore. The American military fought for their country’s independence in a long, gruesome war with the British called the American Revolution. Why did this war happen though? What made the American Revolution unavoidable? The American Revolution was inevitable because the British wanted to get more money from and have more authority over the American colonies. This is evident because of the laws …show more content…

One of these wars, the French and Indian War, was between the American colonists and the French Canadians. This war had a huge impact on Britain’s economy because the British government had to spend large sums of money to pay for reinforcements in the colonies (Price 1).
In the mid-1700s, the French and the British colonists in America were fighting over a piece land that would help them control their settlements more efficiently and give them an advantage in the precious fur trade. This land was called the Ohio River Valley. Conflict broke out when the British army attempted to claim the valley again, and the British lost to the French (Deverell and White 96). When George Washington and his troops failed to take over the French territory in a second attempt in 1754, the French and Indian War began (Deverell and White 96). This war lasted for nine years and was a part of the Seven Years’ War that was being fought in England. It was between the French and the American colonists. Native Americans were also included in the war on both sides since the French and American colonists were allied with different American Indian tribes through trade relationships (Deverell and White 95). They both continued to fight each other over the Ohio River

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