The Inevitability of the American Revolution In the early 1620’s, the New England region was first settled by a group of adventurers. These settlers left England, their native country, by the permission of King Charles the First. At their own expense they transported themselves to America, and, with great risk and difficulty, settled among other peoples native to the land. In a very surprising manner, the settlers formed new colonies in the wilderness and these establishments grew and prospered. Before they had departed England, the colonists’ terms of freedom and their relation to the mother country were fully settled; they were to remain subject to the King and dependent on the kingdom of Great Britain. In return, they were to receive protection. They would also enjoy the rights and privileges of all free-born Englishmen.The British subjects of pre-Revolutionary America should have had, beyond a doubt, equal rights with those in Britain. The first adventurers and their children after them should have had and enjoyed all the freedom and liberty that their counterparts in England enjoyed. The colonists should not have held these rights as privileges granted to them or favors bestowed upon them. Rather, it was their inherent right to possess these liberties, as they and their ancestors were justly and naturally entitled to all the advantages of the British constitution.For a great while, Great Britain was lenient with its direct control over the colonies. With Britain’s loose policy of rule , colony growth and prosperity was encouraged, and the inhabitants of the colonies were, for the most part, satisfied. An increase in urbanism led to a more developed society that was capable of formulating its own principles and ideas. Because of this development, the colonists, guided by there British roots, formed their own unique culture different from that of England. Eventually, the differences between the colonie...
