A Study Of The American Revolu

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of the colonists as their primary asset in their practice of mercantilism, which at times may have been profitable for the colonists. Ultimately it became a primary reason for the beginning of social unrest among the early Americans. The colonists were like children who were told that if they don’t disturb their parents they could do anything they wanted. While when it became convenient the parents, Britain, came in and started putting restrictions on them. As many in their position, the colonists rebelled against the new found interest in the societies they labored to build, that for so long went unnoticed. The following paragraphs will explain in detail how Britain’s neglect of the American colonies and it’s use of them lead to the war.
In order to understand why the colonists felt threatened by British control, we must first know who these early people were and what they looked to accomplish by settling this vast new country. The founders of what we now know as ...

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was forming between the beliefs of the colonists and that of Britain.
With the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, signifying the end of the Seven-Year war brought attention back to the colonies. By this time the colonies have been thriving and have become a large supplier of tobacco, rice and sugar, which England normally imported from other countries. Southern plantations began trading with other countries and becoming extremely wealthy in the process. Meanwhile the colonists in the North grew economically as well. The North was an important trading center as well as a supplier of sea harvested goods. Due to the increasing prosperity of the colonies and the fact that France was no ...

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