The thirteen colonies that became the USA were originally colonies of Great Britain. By the time the American Revolution took place, the citizens of these colonies were beginning to get tired of the British rule. Rebellion and discontent were rampant. For those people who see the change in the American government and society a real Revolution, the Revolution is essentially an economic one.

The main reason the colonies started rebelling against 'mother England' was the taxation issue. The colonies debated England's legal power to tax them and, furthermore, did not wish to be taxed without representation. This was one of the main causes of the Revolutionary War.

Eleven years before America had declared it's independence there was 1,450,000 white and 400,000 Negro subjects of the crown. The colonies extended from the Atlantic to the Appalachian barrier (Brinton, 1965). The life in these thirteen colonies was primarily rural, the economy based on agriculture, most were descended from the English, and politics were only the concern of land owners.

Throughout these prosperous colonies, only a small portion of the population were content with their lives as subjects

Ward, Harry M. The American Revolution: Nationhood Achieved, 1763-1788. St. Martin's Press, Inc.: New York, 1995. "Who Really Leads a Revolution?" Reprinted from Women of Greater Atlanta, July 1995, [ONLINE] http://www.america.net/com/liberty/wga0695.html

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