The English and Parliament did a lot of injustices to the colonial people. England's greediness is what caused the "Englishmen abroad" to make the transition to be Americans. Who could blame them for wanting to break their ties with the Crown and call themselves American. The colonists produced their own things and England was jealous and wanted to kill colonial competition, so they took advantage of the colonists and took their things. The Americans were …
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…and only bought American. British merchants suffered and Parliament repealed the law. By now the Americans were aggravated by all of these taxes, acts and bills. The patriots were able to gain a great deal of support for a violent Revolution from many of the professional class, especially lawyers, some farmers and a number of merchants. Support for the Revolution grew when it became obvious that King George III had no intention of fixing things