Social changes were only a progression through time, and a gradual change in what was considered to be socially acceptable and normal behavior in the colonies. Before, throughout and after the American Revolution, there was a noticeable evolution in the political standpoint in the colonies. ... The theory of mercantilism maintained that a country could only be powerful if it had, and kept a favorable balance of trade, this meaning a higher export than import. ... As the time for revolution came nearer and nearer, the colonies became less and less dependent upon the British Empire, and more...

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