Often, the seeds of future wars grow from the results of earlier wars. This certainly was true of the American Revolution. The earlier conflict was the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Britain and its American colonies defeated the French and their Indian allies. The French and Indian War was waged over the control of North America. People in all the British North American colonies rejoiced at the British victory. In 1763, American colonists were proud to be part of the British Empire. Yet in 1775, America and Britain were at war.

Did the American colonies behave justly in declaring independence from England?