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Why Was The American Revolution Inevitable

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“I believe American independence was inevitable, not necessarily in 1776 but within decades. The continental colonies were growing too fast and as Paine pointed out there was something ridiculous about an island ruling a continent,” said Gordon S. Wood, American Revolution expert and historian. (allthingsliberty.com) The Stamp Act, Navigation Act, and Quartering Act, instituted by the British, caused the colonists to feel oppressed, creating their desire to be independent. The American Revolution was avoidable in 1776, but it was inevitable for all of history. The British started to feel less in control of the colonies, so they started to make acts that were unfair towards the colonists. They forced them to house military members (Gale Quartering …show more content…

They felt like the government was just using them for their resources, such as money, food, and shelter for soldiers overseas. This started to confirm their suspicions of not being seen as equals by the British. At this time the colonists believed themselves to just as British as the people on the mainland, but the British believed the opposite. When the colonists received this act they were devastated because they now knew they weren’t seen as equal. This caused the colonists to revolt (Gale Quartering …show more content…

Because it was inevitable, the American Revolution is a fixed point in history that could never be changed. England made unjust decisions that were based on the good of England at the time, but not for the entire English empire. If these acts were changed even the slightest America might be completely different. Some of America might still be considered British, we may not have a democracy, and freedom may not be our favorite word in “The Free Country.” Although all of these are true, America would still have broken off from the empire at some

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