Why did the Americans Rebel?
In short Bernard Bailyn's argument was based on the ideological lessons American schoolchildren have been taught. He argued that the early Americans had inherited a tradition of rebellion against English standards through the movements to the colonies by the Puritans, Quakers, etc. He also stated that the colonists were seeing a conspiracy against their way of life by the English to establish an aristocracy in the colonies by taking away the personal liberties of the common man. …
