In this chapter, I was surprised to hear about all internal conflicts happening between the colonies, to the point that their was a war for to protect their war and try to fight over all the colonies. It happens to be the same effect for most of the colonies. There was one point where the British thought it was outrageous to have to have protection within their own country, and I would have to agree with it. Knowing that colonies are divided against each other, and having to gain "revolution" for their own colonies is ridiculous. The Seven Year War didn't change much through the centuries. Though these battles were for them to not dictated under British rule anymore, and wanting to make decisions for themselves.
The Anglo-Americans who were the unpatriotic Americans started with small acts of rebellion. The most infamous one would be the Boston Tea Party. This was when the Tea Act happened to be one of the few that according to The Enduring Vision: A History of American People 7th edition by Boyer is the "Attempt to bail out the East India Company that heightened tensions between Britain and colonists"(110). This heightened tension when fifty young men who dressed up as Indians dumped all the Tea into the harbor. Even though I've heard of the Boston Tea Party countless times, it still fascinates me till this day how this act of rebellion and disruptive process still put an impact in America today. This were the first signs of rebels, and Anglo-Americans were the first rebellions in America.
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