To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their unity as Americans by the eve of the Rev.?

To an extent the colonist had developed a sense of identity and unity as American by the eve of the revolution. This unity and identity by no mean came instantaneously, but came as a slow trickle and even on the eve of the revolution was not still complete. Britain’s taxation of the colonies as a way of paying their war debts reinforced an emerging sense of American identity and helped to precipitate in first step American Revolution. In 1765, Grenville imposed the most odious measure of all: a stamp tax to raise the revenues to support the new military force. The Stamp act mandates the use of stamp paper, certifying payment of the tax. The American were angrily aroused at what they regarded Grenville’s fiscal aggression, steadfastly denied the right of parliament, in which no American seated, to impose taxes on Americans. “No taxation without representation”, raising their angry cry, numerous of America took the stand to deny supreme authority of parliament and altogether began to consider their own political independence. As nearly all Americans protested the taxation and boycotted British manufactured goods. The American identity, being well established and rooted into the culture, was visible to all by the Eve of the Revolution. Along with a sense of identity, the American colonist began to develop a sense of unity also. The Whig party in England, which gained control parliament, began to sympathize with the colonist. The American colonists were not the only ones to see their new identity. Through the twenty years that past by, the colonies emerged from 13 separate pieces to one whole willing to stand up against the world to defend its ideal. As unity began to slowly spread through out the colonies, Samuel Adams pushed the unity further along by creating the Committees of Correspondents. Their chief function was to spread the propaganda and information by interchanging letters and keep alive opposition to British. As Virginia led the step in 1773 creating a central committee, every colonist speedily sat up the similar organization. The intercolonial group was slow stimulating sentiment in favor of united action, evolved into the first America Congress.