The American Revolution was a time of great discontent in the colonies.
civilians of the colonies were not pleased with the heavy taxation imposed of them from .
Great Britain. With the people working more for the benefit of the motherland, than .
America they were starting to feel the strain put on their right to freedom. With the .
situation of economics worsening, it was time for action or better yet a Revolution. With .
a heavy and dedicated battle ahead the outcome of the Revolution was questionable.
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America was a Nation under British rule. This meant that all America was doing .
was working for the benefit of a country which was not their own. In American the, .
"colonial commerce was to be regulated to prevent any competition with British .
manufacturers and to encourage colonial dependence on Britain"( Bennet W. Paul, .
Canada A North American Nation. Pg.159), which meant it would be very difficult for .
the United States to ever gain their independence. Britain had such a tight grasp on the .
colonies and they wanted to keep that control, so all, "colonial staples had first to be .
shipped to Britain, where their re-export could be controlled and taxed" ( Bennet W. .
Paul, Canada A North American Nation. Pg.160). It seemed that the colonies of America .
were not only working for the benefit of Great Britain, but Great Britain was also being .
"protected by a variety of laws some such as the Woolen Act 1699, which prohibited the .
colonial export of any raw wool, yarn, or cloth, as well as the Hat Act of 1732, which .
forbade the colonial export of beaver hats and limited the number of hatters in the .
colonies" ( Bennet W. Paul, Canada A North American Nation. Pg.160). The American .
Revolution was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. Everything the colonies did was .
only done to benefit Great Britain, through the gain of wealth, prestige or military power. .
As more Acts were passed by British Parliament it only pushed the time ticking on the .