The American Revolution is often connected to the British victory in the Seven Years’ War. So too might we connect the American victory in the Mexican-American War to the Civil War. How was it that the Civil War was the product of that earlier conflict. What other factors, the “accidents” or “contingencies” one might call them, played a part?

The American Revolution is often connected to the British victory in the Seven Years’ War. So too might we connect the American victory in the Mexican-American War to the Civil War. How was it that the Civil War was the product of that earlier conflict. What other factors, the “accidents” or “contingencies” one might call them, played a part?