voicing their opposition against a list of grievances, at the same time they were developing a stronger sense of a common national identity and a sense of unity-mainly the shock of the stamp act inspired these values. Therefore, the Americans' main goal was to put an end to a series of oppressions such as, taxes and coercive acts, that reduced them to slavery.
             Secondly, when the Americans declared the Independence in 1776, they were ready to devise a government strong enough to preserve order but not so strong that it would threaten liberty. The output would be a written constitution (1787) creating a true national government unlike any that had existed before. The protection of life, liberty and property were the s
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