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Drift toward Independence
War for Independence
A majority of American colonists were slow to accept the notion of independence from Britain. The drift toward a full break with the mother country was accelerated by the following:
Early military successes (Lexington, Concord, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, etc.) caused many Americans to believe that they could win
The British decision to shut down American trade angered colonial business interests and consumers
The decision to employ mercenary soldiers, the Hessians, led many Americans to question their long-held loyalty to the king
The efforts of American propagandists, particularly Tom Paine's Common Sense, brought the question of independence into the public arena.
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