UNITED WE STAND

Before the war even started the colonist rebelled against the parliament. They rebelled against the Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and many more. The colonist united multiple times for a common goal which was to expel parliament. This unity was shown in the Stamp Act Congress and also the Albany Congress. The colonist developed a good sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution through Albany Congress, Stamp Act Congress, First Continental Congress, and the Second Continental Congress.

The colonist developed a strong sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution through the Albany Congress. The main character of the Albany Congress was Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Congress was created to improve the relationship between the colonist and the Iroquois Indians. This was exemplify in Doc A, the image of the serpent with the many different colonies named on the snake body. This is shows that the colonies need to unite to win the war. The Iroquois Indians would have been a great ally to the colonist if the Albany Congress actually succeeded in building a better relationship with them.

The colonist developed a strong sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution through the Stamp Act Congress. The Stamp Act Congress was against the stamp act, the stamp act was part of the Grenvel Tax Program. The Stamp Act Congress was also fighting against the Grenvel Tax Program because the was against taxation without representation. They believed that if the were being taxed that their opinion should be represented in Parliament. This is shown in Doc B, this shows the feeling the colonist had against being taxed without the proper representation. The Stamp Act Congress also had boycotts, they had the non-importation. This was that no importation of the foreign supplies. They also had the non-consumption boycott. These boycotts also shows the unity of the colonist. They also had some naysayers, such as the person in Doc D, but their influence was little to none. The majority belied that the time for change was near.

The colonist developed a strong sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution through the First Continental Congress. The First Continental Congress was establish to decide the method they were going to use to respond to the abuse that Britain was applying towards the colonist. This was shown in the Intolerable Acts, which taxed the colonist for numerous of things. This is shown in Doc G, the unity that the colonist had to be self efficient to help themselves without the need of the Parliament.

The colonist developed a strong sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution through the Second Continental Congress. The Second Continental was establish because the colonist was feed up with the abuse that Britain was putting on them. So, the colonist came up with this document called the Olive Branch Petition. The parliament denied the petition, so this is when John Locke wrote this document called Common Sense. Which stated that the colonist should just separate from the parliament if being treated like they are. The parliament also approve the Prohibitory Act. This was the the mania that pushed the colonist to declare for independences. This is shown in Doc E. The colonist united to expel Britain.

In conclusion, the colonist developed a strong sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution. This was accomplished through the Albany Congress, which was one of the earliest examples of the colonist uniting for a common goal. The Stamp Act Congress was the perfect examples of unity and identity. The Continental Congresses shown this sense of identity and unity. This is why the colonist developed a strong sense of their identity and unity as American by the eve of the Revolution.