In 1763, Britain and its colonies were not strongly bonded and Britain had just defeated France in the world-wide struggle called the Seven Years' War. The colonists shared a political system with Britain and after the Seven Years' War the thirteen colonies hoped for a better future, where they could be independent. American Independence was the concluding stage towards developing a `modern democracy'. A democracy is a system of the government by the whole community with elected representatives which follows the principles of social equality and respect towards individuals. `Modern democracy' was extremely important to the American colonists as they were all in search of political freedom and a improved life where they could practice their religion, therefore; the thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic coastline of North America united and revolted against the British government which had threatened them after 1763. The final split from Britain was based mainly...