The road to the American Revolution

                Well for starters we all low the colonies got almost all their goods from Great Britain. This is because Great Britain wanted to tax them and make a substance profit. It started off with the stamp act. The stamp act declared that all goods no matter what they are (playing cards, tea, rice, etc.) had to have a stamp that showed that the tax was paid for on the product. The colonists could even buy pre-stamped stamps to put on the goods once they bought them. The punishment for not paying the taxes was going to court and being heavily fined. Not to mentioned you also paid the cost of going to court and being tried. The people start reacting and they send a Declaration of rights and grievances to Britain. The king and Parliament just looked at the letter and they thought nothing of it. Since the letter was ignored people start reaction violently. They start beating the living heck out of tax collectors and burning down their homes to scare them off. Britain finally took action when the economic sanctions occurred. They responded by taking away the stamp act but still said they reserved the right to tax. Later on the Boston massacre occurs and this sparks more hatred towards Great Britain. Then eventually the Tea Crisis occurred. This was when the colonists were boycotting British tea (they smuggled tea from the Dutch). Britain responds by lowering the price of tea so low it was an offer that was almost too good to be true. The colonists were vigilant though. They responded by dropping over 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. To answer your question, the colonist was not afraid to revolt because they saw the weaknesses in Great Britain and saw a chance to fight and make a change to benefit them more.