Think about what we have already learned about events that caused the American Revolution.  The fight for independence was something that was inevitable and had to happen in order for Americans to break their ties with Great Britain.  Puppet and Puppeteer no more!

  
"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood."
John Adams, A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765