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In the period 1700-1775, the American colonies had an increasing sense of independence and had not relied on Great Britain as much. When the colonies were first settling, Great Britain didn’t intervene that much and left the colonists to govern themselves. As the colonies began developing and started having their own economy and establishing their own culture, Great Britain started losing grip of the colonies. In fear that they would lose the colonies, Great Britain started to enforce new acts that would restrict their trade and increase their taxes. These acts favored the British economy and increased their own power over the colonies. Americans saw this as a violation of their rights and these acts instead infuriated the colonists and further damaged the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies. These unpopular acts stemming from politics, competition over resources and colonial identity, increased resentment between the colonies and Britain, which led to the colonies declaring independence and starting the American Revolution.

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Great Britain in the beginning had good relationship with the 13 colonies due to trading with fur, tobacco, rice, and corn, having a shared belief, and having shared goals; however, through the 1700 to 1755, this relationship quickly changed and was full of confusion and commotion. Initially, Great Britain and the colonies had a fairly mutual relationship with each other. As time continued on, acts had passed, which therefore limited trade between them, and soon Great Britain and the colonists were competing for resources and wars were beginning to let lose. Although Great Britain and the 13 colonies had a good relationship aside their difference with one another, the acts, the competition over resources, and politics led for the colonies a desire to have independence and this led as a result to the American Revolution and French and Indian War and the soon after the Declaration of Independence.

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Although Great Britain and the colonies had a good relationship due to trading and,shared belief; however, this relationship quickly turned sour because the colonies grew into large populations and this ignited a sense of independence. Having constantly ignored the colonies of the Americans, the Americans began to see their selves as different and established their own government. Trading relations were established, cultural practices were put in a place and slowly each colony was separating from Britain. Great Britain, being threatened by the fast growth of the colonies sought to end the independent ways of the colonies by implementing taxes which were purposely to hurt the economy of the colonies, taking rights away from them and finally seeking to gain control in their homes. But this all generated an outcome different from what they had perceived. The Americans retaliated constantly, in which the British responded by implementing more taxes which would be come to known as the Intolerable acts. The growing tension between the British and the colonies as these series of events unfolded gave way to a malicious relationship between the two groups and for Americans to grow more persistent in gaining independence.

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In the period 1700-1775, the American colonies began to grow in size and population, increasing their sense of independence and becoming less and less reliant on Great Britain. Great Britain intervened little during the early settling of the American colonies, leaving the colonists to govern themselves and establish their own forms of government. However, as time went on, the colonies began developing their own trade relationships and individual economy, establishing there own political beliefs, and creating a uniquely American culture. The colonies were beginning to slip away from the influence and control of Great Britain, who attempted to tighten their grip on the colonies by passing acts that would restrict their trade, increase their taxes, and violate their rights. Britain's attempts to keep the colonies under their rule did nothing but infuriate the defiant colonists and fragment the relationship between Britain and the colonies. Politics, competition over resources, and colonial identity caused Britain to enforce oppressive acts and laws upon the American colonists, leading to the colonies demanding their independence and starting the American Revolution.

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Although Great Britain was originally seen as a support line for the colonists in America as time went on and the colonies began to become more self-sufficient through their resources and creation of their own forms of government, the relationship they once had with Great Britain began to turn sour.

After the French and Indian War, the British were in debt because of how costly this war was.  Britain, although they had turned a blind eye to the colonists’ illegal trading activities, knew they could profit off of the profits that Americans made to ease their debt. They placed many different taxes on colonial goods/resources through various acts which angered the colonists. In their anger the colonists began to distance themselves from Britain and wanted independence. The colonists were not being recognized as citizens by Britain since they were being taxed without representation in Parliament. Colonists had created their own societies in the American colonies and this freedom they had from Britain made them especially sensitive to the British attempts of regulating their lives.

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The relationship between the American colonies and Great Britain from 1700 to 1775 was complicated, constantly changing, and full of turmoil. Initially, Great Britain was fairly hands off as the colonists began to form their settlements. As time continued, acts were passed, trade was limited, and wars were started. (Thesis) Although the colonies and Great Britain attempted to work together and benefit off of each other, over-controlled politics, constant competition over resources, and the colonists desire for independence caused a strained relationship between the two and ultimately result in the American Revolutionary War and Declaration of Independence.

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In the early to mid 1700s, Britain took a hands off approach to governing their american colonies, an unofficial policy called salutary neglect which resulted in American trade flourishing and sometimes even competing with the British. While they might not have initially governed strictly, the British provided great assistance to the colonies during the French and Indian War,  and afterwards pursued increasingly controlling and unpopular policies to ease their own debt and stifle American competition. While initially enjoying a relatively positive perception among colonists, the British levied unpopular acts that imposed taxes on common goods, favored the British economy, and increased their own power over the colonies while denying them political autonomy and representation in parliament. Although the perception of Great Britain by the 13 colonies may have been mostly positive after the French and Indian War, politics and competition strained the relationship between the two as a result of these acts and lack of representation, inadvertently fostering and encouraging a distinct colonial identity. These unpopular British Acts led to increasing resentment between the colonists and Britain, which eventually culminated in the American War of Independence.