Before 1765, America felt a feeling of reconciliation with Parliament. The two were civil, until an astounding shift occurred in the feelings of the colonists. Suddenly they were fighting to declare independence from Great Britain, so they began the long road of tension between the two colonies, and as a result war and bloodshed broke out in 1775(Docs2&7). Finally, in the spring of 1783 they seized full control of the 13 colonies, or as you could say, they “won” the American Revolution. The shift in America’s feelings towards the British during the time period of 1765-1776, the buildup to war, occurred for three main reasons: the imposition of unfair taxing on the Americans, the distance between the two colonies and the difference in governments made it hard to be unified, and truly because they felt they had been denied their rights as Englishmen. One of the main reasons the colonists revolted against the British was in response to the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act. After many years of fighting, England badly needed revenues from their colonies, and they sought to acquire these revenues from the New World, thereby increasing their influence over the colonial governments. They created the acts to help dig them out of debt from the French & Indian War, which they had spent protecting America. The Stamp Act was a tax stamp which appeared on every newspaper, legal document, on every customs and shipping document, and on other documents such as tavern licenses and college diplomas. The Sugar Act was a tax that was discretely added into the price of sugar, and sometimes included coffee, indigo, and wine. Both acts were established in 1764/65 by the British without permission or communication with the colonists, causing anger throughout America, the English felt not like they were a part of the government, but like they were being controlled by it. (Doc1) A first major disruption in the peace between the colonies occurred when America ha