I was doing some reading on the Mexican-American war and i came across quite an interesting point. Wars are caused when a group of articulate people engage in illegal activities, then the laws are enforced. This is one of the contributing factors to the start of the Mexican-American war (besides Manifest Destiny and a couple other reasons), and the main factor of the American Revolution...

face it, The United States was created by a bunch of articulate babies who couldn't follow laws. Its sad, but it is true. As soon as Britain clamped down on the colonies and started actually enforcing their laws, The Americans whimpered and started stirring up problems...