The American Revolution is one of the most significant events in American
            
             history. This revolution formed a new view on government and revolutionized its
            
             organization which was the first of its kind. Various factors have helped pushed this
            
             revolution into full throttle; the unfair treatment of the colonies by England and its
            
             parliament, which affected the colonies negatively socially, politically, as well as
            
             economically. However, it is certain that this revolution would not have been successful
            
             if the colonies had not developed a sense of their identity and united as Americans by the
            
             eve of the revolution.
            
             Before the American Revolution unity among the colonies was unheard of. As the
            
             political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin in the Pennsylvania Gazette suggested, if the
            
             colonies wished to remain alive and independent they must work together as a whole.
            
             The colonies themselves, however, would not unite until George Grenville, the royal
            
             treasurer, decided to create several acts, aimed at removing the economic pressure from
            
             debt-ridden England. (Documents A)
            
             The Proclamation of 1763, one of the first of many unpopular acts, prohitbited
            
             settlers to settle beyond the Appalachian mountains. Next came the Stamp Act of 1764,
            
             although this cut down the tax on molasses, it also meant that the tax was actually going
            
             to be collected. In the same year the Navigation Act, which prohibited the colonists from
            
             directly exporting goods except to Britain and Currency Act, which prohibited the use of
            
             paper money, were passed creating more conflict and hatred towards England. These
            
             actions towards the colonies might have been negative, however it had actually strengten
            
             the bonds developing between the colonies. After, the infamous Boston Tea Party in
            
             1773, where a group known as the Sons of Liberty, lead by Samuel Adams, dumped three
            
             shiploads of British tea into the...