Industrial Revolution
This trend manifested itself not only in agriculture, but also in industry, whose development is hampered by the metropolis. However, despite these constraints, in the northern and central colonies were established industrial enterprises. A particularly large scope were shipbuilding and metallurgy. By 1775 a third of the British fleet was built by shipyards in North America. In 1775, the colony made of iron more than the metropolis.
Although the Industrial Revolution was expanding on around the world, but in America it was a special rate. The rapid development of industry in the colonies, along with the presence of rich deposits of raw materials and fuel contributed no guild system. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger often addresses the matter in his writings. Industry developed in the form of handicraft production, and in the form of manufactures. But despite these obvious factors contributing to the successful development of industry in North America, Britain stubbornly continued to consider the colony as a profitable market for goods and raw material source. This policy has led North America in the last quarter of the XVIII century. the war for independence from England.
Beginning of the war hastened the event in 1773 This year the British Parliament, taking care of replenishing state coffers at the expense of the colonies, adopted a law on tea trade, which was introduced by a new tax on imported tea in the colonies. In response, a group of people in Boston (Massachusetts colony) December 16, 1773g. thrown into the sea consignment of tea was brought in British courts. This event is known to history as the "Boston Tea Party." In response, the British Parliament in the spring of 1774 took three of repressive law that sought to pacify the colonies, and in primarily in Massachusetts.