"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times (Charles Dickens)." This best describes the Americas in the 1700's. The settler's went through the best of times from obtaining religious freedom, to becoming prosperous merchants, and finally to establishing a more democratic government. However, it was the worst of times in the sense that the settlers in the America's were taken advantage of my their mother country, England. The hatred of being under another's control was one of the main reason's that led to the American Revolution.

In the 1600's, England began to colonize America. King James I had urged those against the Church of England, such as the Puritans, to settle in America. Many settlers came to America to obtain religious freedom. Merchants settle din America to profit off the land since land was free or cheap at the time. Settling in America gave people hopes and dreams that they can do something with their lives. Even indentured servants had the hope of someday owning land as soon as they were done with their service. It was unlikely but they had hope.

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England expected the American Colonies to serve it's economic interests, and it regulated colonial trade. In general, the colonists accepted British regulations. For example, they agreed not to manufacture goods that would compete with British products. Things began to change in the 1700's.

The First continental Congress met in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26, 1774 to protest the Intolerable Acts. The Congress voted to cut off colonial trade with England unless Parliament abolished the Intolerable Acts. It also approved resolutions advising the colonies to begin trainin the citizens for war. None of the delegates to the First Continental Congress called for independence from England. Instead, the delegated hoped that the colonies would regain the rights which Parliament had taken away. The congress agreed to hold another Continental Congress in may 1775 if England did not change its policies before that time.

England had largely neglected the administration of the American Colonies while it fought France in a series of wars during the 1700's. But after the French and Indian War ended, the British government sought to tighten it's control over the colonies in fear that the colonies have gotten too powerful. The treaty of 1763 ending this war made England master of Canada and of the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. The chief motive had been nation advantage: but as one of the results the 13 colonies might now live in peace. George Grenville, Britain's prime minister in 1763, did not concede that the colonists had any political rights. He now sough ways to make the colonies most profitable to England at the least expense.

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