The road for independence What sparked the events, that led to the founding of the United States of America? Was it the colonies dissatisfaction with the Crown caused by the late aid of latter during the Seven Years' War? Or was it later, when the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765? The question at hand seems even to be and open-ended debate among scholars. Even though the 13 british colonies shared a common ancestry, and inhabitants felt British, they were not politically homogeneous. The self-governing colonies had their own currencies, laws and customs and a thought of independence or union was not present. It needed an event, that could push the colonies inhabitants past the previous disgruntlement with Great Britain and beyond a point of no return. Rising discontentment - Pre-1763 The rising discontentment begins with passing of the Navigation Acts by the British Parliament in respectively 1660 and 1663, together with the passing of consecutive amendments in 1673 and 1696. In short, this meant that …show more content…
Connected to the Seven Years’ War, but apart from the conflicts in Europe, the West African coast, India and the Philippines, a war between British America and New France raged across the eastern part of North America, which is commonly known as the French and Indian War. Both parties were supported by their parent countries respectively, but each was also supported by Native American allies. Especially New France had to rely heavily on the support of their Native American allies, as the french colonies population-wise were largely outnumbered by the british colonies at a factor of 1:33. But this does not mean, that the outcome of the war was predetermined. It was in fact much a question of allocation of resources. As mentioned earlier, the war was fought in different parts of the world and up to 1757 the war effort of the british alliance was