By 1776, the population of the colonies had reached 2.5 million people. This was about one third the population of Britain. There were now many roads connecting the individual colonies, and newspapers kept them informed about each other. The colonies were beginning to think of themselves as Americans, not as separate colonies.

Many colonists were split over the issue of independence. There were both rich and poor colonists on both sides of the independence issue.

George Washington, and John Hancock were in favor of independence.

On the other hand, some rich colonists were afraid they would lose their wealth if the revolution succeeded. their wealth was heavily connected to British trade and the British government.

Over time, support for independence grew as issues like taxation without representation angered the local population.

American general and commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775–83) and subsequently first president of the United States (1789–97). (For a discussion of the history and nature of the presidency, presidency of the United States of America.)Washington's father, Augustine Washington, had gone to school in England, had tasted seafaring life, and then settled down to manage his growing Virginia estates. His mother was Mary Ball, whom Augustine, a widower, had married early the previous year. Washington's paternal lineage had some distinction; an early forebear was described as a “gentleman,” Henry VIII later gave the family lands, and its members held various offices. But family fortunes fell with the Puritan revolution in England, and John Washington, grandfather of Augustine, migrated in 1657 to Virginia. The ancestral home at Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, is maintained as a Washington memorial. Little definite information exists on any of the line until Augustine. He was an energetic, ambitious man who acquired much land, built mills, took an interest in opening iron mines, and sent his two oldest sons to England for schooling. By his first wife, Jane Butler, he had four children; by his second wife, Mary Ball, he had six. Augustine died April 12, 1743.
His Childhood
Little is known of George Washington's early childhood, spent largely on the Ferry Farm on the Rappahannock River, opposite Fredericksburg, Virginia. Mason L. Weems's stories of the hatchet and cherry tree and of young Washington's repugnance to fighting are apocryphal efforts to fill a manifest gap. He attended school irregularly from his 7th to his 15th year, first with the local church sexton and later with a schoolmaster named Williams.

Colonists Believed that British enjoyed the best government in the world. They process the law of administration of justice according to established rules and principles. Colonist didnt like to pay taxes. They revealed they were not happy.

It was fought all over the world mainly in the U.S. In the U.S it was called French and Indian war and called 7 year war in europe. Fought in the Ohio river valley George Washington was the comander of the troops. The seven year war was fought by : Africa, Europe, Asia and the west indies. It was called like that because french allied the indians to fight the English. French destroyed British fort on lake Ontario and lake George. In 1763 the treaty of paris ended the war triumphantly to british. France was forced to cede all of Canada in exchange for the return of Guadeloupe and Martinique. In addition, Spain obtained French Louisiana in exchange for Florida which was given to the British. While triumphant, the war had badly stressed Britain's finances plunging the nation into debt.

After the British first colonization attempt in 1585, and the latter successfull attempt in 1620, the colonists felt as if they were starting anew in the new world. By 1750 there were 13 colonies and estimates of some 5 million people. With this many people in the colonies, King George III of England saw the need for thier protection from enemy invaders. He decided to keep an army of 10,000 men in the new world at all times for the protection of the colonists.