It is unquestionable that the American Revolution was necessary for us as a country. It gave us our independence and set us on the path to becoming the worlds greatest superpower. Without it, our country would be nowhere. But, the question that I'm asking today is whether or not the American colonies had it off so bad that they needed to break away from England and start a war that took the lives of so many people on both side. Personally, I think we were not. England had treated us very well since our founding. After the French & Indian War in 1763, England came looking to us for monetary aid. When we did not agree to give it, England began to pass taxes that, in the grand scheme of things, were very minor and didn't really effect us all that much. America however saw this as an attack and boycotted these acts until they were repealed. This continued untill 1775 when General Thomas Gage received word of an arms cache in Concord and was forced to take military action. The point that I'm making is that England had treated the colonies very well and in turn was forced into taking military action by the colonists. Do you guys agree with this or disagree? Leave a comment below telling me what you think.
