Americans at the Eve of the Revolution By The Aztec Warrior Prior to the Revolutionary war, early Americans were struggling to find their identity among the rest of the world. As they strived for independence, England began to bear down on the colonies and take away the cherished self-government that tee colonists had enjoyed to this point. The colonists began to band together in a common interest. Independence. The energetic, ambitious, independent-minded colonists were no …
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…march towards independence. Britain began Many colonists of this time were unhappy with the way England was governing America. The British Statesman, Edmund Burke, greatly empathized with the Americans. Despite being British, he shared the interests of the Americans. He often spoke, defending the colonies, in front of the Parliament. He questioned how the English could govern a group not represented in the Parliament as well as arguing the senseless taxes levied upon the Americans.