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The purpose of this paper is to prove that America’s revolution from Great Britain’s control was justified by Britain’s poor treatment and handling of it’s American colonies. The colonies were managed in an unfair, cruel, and selfish manner. For the times this kind of governing was not taboo or even uncommon among Britain or any world power. Mercantilism, the driving force of the era, declared that any country with power had a sizeable number of colonies which it drew resources cheaply from and used to gain more, better colonies constantly attempting to outdo and overpower its rivals. “ it will deprive us of all our invaluable charter rights and privileges, drain us suddenly of our cash, occasion an entire stagnation of trade, discourage every kind of industry, and involve us in the most abject slavery” Such a creed failed to take into account, however, the disposition, power, and opinions of said colonies. As they were used, d