Although colonists settled in America as an escape from England, due to unfair laws, lack of organization and colonial revolts, and intellectual reforms, it prompted the colonists to seek for freedom from England which is what made the American Revolution inevitable. When King Charles III ruled the colonies, he paid more attention and intervened with the colonial affairs. Around the 1660’s, merchantilism transformed the America’s economy (3). England sought for more wealth from trade and tried to exclude Dutch from trading with the America’s. England proposed that all goods such as tobacco were only allowed to go to English ports which was unfair to other countries who needed the materials that America produced. After the Staple Act was
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By the 18th century the population increased within the colonies due to the transformation from the Enlightenment (4). Paine and Franklin were both products of the Enlightenment and they encouraged the colonists to identify their worth and individuality through scientific reasoning and exposed them to the corrupt government. From writing Common Sense, Pain pointed out the political unfairness of Parliament and encouraged ordinary people to turn their backs on the mother country, which later allowed the nation to feel the hope they needed for victory (5). They met before Common Sense was written and Jefferson exposed Patriot letters from Pennsylvania (5). Thus, from that proof from Jefferson, Paine wrote Common Sense. While Franklin believed in the act of free will. He also became a symbol of material processes within the colonies. He created advancements such as the lightening rod, which revolutionized people’s comfort and safety as well as founded the Library, which allowed people to pursue in knowledge and to help understand the strange scientific phenomenon (4). Because of Jefferson’s belief in free will, he participated in and organized many groups to promote reason. He later became a delegate and made an agreement with an English peacemaker and declared independence from
By the 18th century the population increased within the colonies due to the transformation from the Enlightenment (4). Paine and Franklin were both products of the Enlightenment and they encouraged the colonists to identify their worth and individuality through scientific reasoning and exposed them to the corrupt government. From writing Common Sense, Pain pointed out the political unfairness of Parliament and encouraged ordinary people to turn their backs on the mother country, which later allowed the nation to feel the hope they needed for victory (5). They met before Common Sense was written and Jefferson exposed Patriot letters from Pennsylvania (5). Thus, from that proof from Jefferson, Paine wrote Common Sense. While Franklin believed in the act of free will. He also became a symbol of material processes within the colonies. He created advancements such as the lightening rod, which revolutionized people’s comfort and safety as well as founded the Library, which allowed people to pursue in knowledge and to help understand the strange scientific phenomenon (4). Because of Jefferson’s belief in free will, he participated in and organized many groups to promote reason. He later became a delegate and made an agreement with an English peacemaker and declared independence from