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Question: After the French and Indian War, the separation of colonies from England was inevitable. To what extent do you agree? The struggle between France and England for North American sea power and colonial rule ended by the French and Indian War. The war began in 1754 in the upper Ohio Valley. Two years later, the conflict spread to Europe where it was known as the Seven Years’ War. One of the greatest battles of the …

…colonies were not strong enough to function on their own as an individual country, and the aid of Great Britain was essential. Document H states that “without being incorporated, the one [country] must necessarily govern; the greater must rule the less.” The extreme acts passed by Britain are what pushed the colonists over the edge. By 1774, the united colonies rose over Great Britain to enhance the inevitability of the separation of the colonies from England.