The role of decision making in determining history

Think of it like this — if American leaders had never made the *decision* to break away from Britain, America would still be a colony of Britain.
Decision making determines the course of events. This is because a certain decision will then trigger certain actions, which in the grand scheme of things will impact history.

Example; American leaders made the *decision* to break off from Britain, triggering the Revolutionary War and America’s Independence, thus that decision changed history.