"Rules
by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One" was
published in 1773. It was the time before the Revolutionary War. In
that year, a series of events happened in America which is builds to
the Revolutionary War. First, the British government increases the
tax. The Americans sent representative to Britain. They hoped they
could talk to the king about the tax. However, they failed. American
people were so angry. They think if their words are meaningless to
the king or the Congress, then, they did not need to pay the tax.
Many business organizations smuggle to against the government, but
they faced pressure from the Kingdom
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm).
One of the
most famous events happened at that time is the Boston tea party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party). Some tea businessmen
begin to smuggle tea from China and India to reduce the cost in tax.
In December 16th 1773, four ships, which were full of tea, refused to
enter the port. People in revolution organization got on the ship,
destroy this tea, and sink into the ocean.
This is an
important event. People in America soon showed their different
attitude in the event. The funny thing is, as a hero after USA build,
Franklin try to against the revolution at that time. He did not think
people did right thing. Instead, he trusted that people should pay
for this tea from tax. Franklin turned his attitude into support only
after his trust the revolution will success.
With these
events began in America, Franklin began to think about problems
existing in Britain. The edge part will have problem first. Just like
a cake. These edge places will separate first because of lack of
control from central government. He also mentioned that the
government should listen to the sound from edge people. Even he did
not agree with the independency through the war. He also noticed the
Britain government, if the war begins in colony,
they would face a lot of problems. Franklin showed a lot of evidence
and reason to let the Britain know what was wrong. He saw a lot
conflict in last few years. After feeling nothing from the Britain
government, Franklin began to support the revolution.
In 18
countries, even a lot conflicts began. Most people in America still
lived in a peaceful way. However, they begin to face problems such as
high tax. Native businessmen begin to lose their market and
opportunities on selling. When the war began, the newborn USA had big
problems in the economy. The company broke down.
USA also lost the chance to output their product. The British product
is much cheaper. The new government chose to stop trade with Britain.
However, it failed. The output reduced a lot, and sailors lost their
work.
It is that
time, USA's production industry improved a lot. Newly built factories
produced enough to against the British items. The USA found the way
to independence from the Britain. A way cut the dependency of the
Britain.
At these
years, disasters go through the whole of America. A lot of people
died in different disasters. It is the problem from the slave trade.
Slavers bring many diseases from their own country.
During that
period, Franklin began to change his mind to support the
independency. At that time, many conflicts began, and the British
government showed no ability to stop them. Several years before 1773,
the Americans seemed like sheep without any idea of change. They felt
good with the convenience from British government. Now everything
changed. People want to show their mind because they did not feel
good with the tax and acts. Before that point, Franklin may say much
more about how to deal with these conflicts like advice, and it more
like an alert or warning.
