The wars that transcribed in the west were seemed to be taking place on a consistent basis I as the topic of who controls who/what became deeper. But behind every war there is always a culprit and it was none other than the British. The British were at the forefront of ever war possible trying to implement rules that were only beneficial to their cause. Their selfishness and greed gave birth to a revolution that would start many revolts and gains of independence for many different countries.
But how can you fight over an entire country that is not yours to stake claim to? It sounds a little absurd but that is exactly what France and Britain were doing. Even William Pitt, who was the chief minister of the king stated that “America was the place that England and Europe are to be fought for.” But why allow for the fight to take place where not only the land but the people were different in everything from religion to the types of food being grown. Simple the British forces overpowered and intimidated the colonies in America seemingly having the colonies and those who resided there a collectivist attitude. But it wasn’t until the Great Awakening that people began to adapt individualism, this new found individualism caused free thinking of religion amongst other things. Before they began to revolt intimidation was the main source that caused the colonies to pay obscene amounts of taxes on everything from trades to stamps. The rise of the revolution within the colonies was from something so simple as being cohesive. The colonists banning together and rising up against the British I’m sure is the last thing they expected since the colonist were known for having internal difficulties when it came to agreeing on a number of factors. But the one thing many did agree on was that it was time to be free and separate from the British and this ideal trickled from country to country and caused revolutions against the French as well.
The creation of the Constitution was a great idea in theory and I say in theory because it only applied to a select amount of individuals and those individuals were predominantly white men. Although during the Seven Years’s War a small gesture ensued. The Seven Years’ War played somewhat of a positive role in regards to slavery. Quakers became on e of the first religious groups to discourage its members from owning or trading slaves. Having the Constitution apply to all men and women of each race would have been more suitable especially since majority of the American economy rested on the backs of slaves who helped to develop this country economically and definitely through agriculture. If there is one thing that can be taken from all the wars and Constitution its individualism and acceptance of all. The wars could have been preventable if the colonist felt as if heir needs were being met and they were not just being used for the gain of a military that did not protect them. And the acceptance of people as equals and not categorizing men and women of color as slaves and therefore being protected under the United States Constitution.
