By:MichelleRyan

  Deep inAmerica’spast lies theorigins of the Revolution.Colonists felt continuouspressure to apologize for theirsociety and affairs. The 1760shad thrust Great Britain’simperialpower throughout thechanging world. Rebellionensued by the Americanresistance. Colonists believedthe rebellion developed as ajustification of American life.Americans saw society theirsociety prepared for therepublicanfuture. JohnAdamswas quoted, “the Revolutionwas effected before warcommenced. . . In the mindsandheartsofthepeople.”

  TheRevolutionwasnotachangein whole for the AmericanRevolution, but rather a processof transformation that broughttheliberaldemocraticsocietyintothe modern world of America.Remarkable changes gave theAmerican people a glimpse of afuture that was more bright andrewardingthaneverimagined.

  Since the fall of Rome, Great Britainhad the greatest riches in 1763.However, Britain’s powerful forceswould change everything. Since theseventeenthcenturywhentheBritishEmpirewasformed,theofficialswereinterested in reforming much more.They had plans to reform theAmerican colonists with theirexpanding“royalauthority.”

  In this hardworkingrelationship,circumstances began tochange in themiddle ofthe eighteenth century.Ithadcometothepointwhere the Britishcoloniescouldnolongerbe treated as the“mothercountry.”

  The British populationwas expandingeverywhere, creating thenumbers of migrantsexponentially. ThisNewWorld brought uponmany new changes.Changes not all werepreparedfor.

  The expansion of the Anglo American economywasrather large and very noteworthy. Economy amongallsocietieshadalsoseenachangeinvenue–forthebetter. It was rapid and prosperous. The changeexcitedtheGreatBritainbecausethetradein1745hadbecomeextremely viable to theEnglish andScottisheconomies.

  American prices rose for exported goods, promptingregularfarmerstoproducetheirowngoodsinsteadofpaying for theoverpricedAmericanexports. This inturn prompted remote trading centers in the“backcountry,” where tobacco and grain were easilytransported.