How Did The Colonists Gain Their Independence

The colonists were able to finally accomplish unity during the French and Indian War (Schultz). The Albany Plan, previously proposed by Benjamin Franklin, in which would have united the colonists somewhat had failed before the war. Once the war ended, with the Treaty of Paris signed and the Proclamation Line drawn on the maps, the colonists realized how little control they had over their destinies. The Crown decided to tax the colonies in an attempt to regain their losses, besides in the process they would gain a better understanding of exactly with which countries the colonies traded. The Privy Council, the Proclamation of 1763, and the Sugar Act of 1764 (all of which I put in my discussion post) were the first three acts of the Crown to go into effect. The colonists were irritated over the new laws, although they soon found methods to avoid the first two and the third raised awareness of the Crown's intent.
The Stamp Act in March of 1765 became the blow that resulted in organized boycotts by the Daughters of Liberty against cloth and tea that England had imported (Schultz). The Sons of Liberty in August of that same year formed boycotts and riots of their own in which they intimidated officials of the Crown, resulting in no one wanting the position. The colonists assembled groups that referred to themselves as "Radical Whigs" and wrote letters to the Whigs in England claiming that the taxation was "taxation without representation" because of a lack of a representation in Parliament (Schultz). There were colonists that disagreed with the opposition to the Crown's interference, they believed remaining faithful to their homeland and that the taxation was paying what was due. This did not stop the process of a repeal since in 1766 the Stamp Act was rejected in