Part 1 of Essay
“The Revolution was effected before the war commenced, it was in the minds and hearts of the people.” (Medvedev 1). There were many reasons that the colonists became so impassioned for their independence. Although these reasons were mostly rooted in economic issues, the war was fought over both economic reasons as well as ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... instead of for themselves. England used several taxes, laws, and acts to make this possible, several influential measures were the Mercantile system, the stamp tax, and the Intolerable acts. “The British Empire was erected on the then-popular theory of mercantilism, which held that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country.” (Bailey 92) The Mercantile system was certainly not a new idea, it was already used by French and Spanish as a way of profiting more from their colonies. The Mercantile syst ....