Morgan the birth of the republic
... Morgan in the beginning of “The Birth of the Republic” on how much the colonists were unbothered by being under English rule is deceptive. ... Likewise Morgan asserts that the other navigation acts were unobtrusive as well but the truth of the matter is that eventually there had to be a straw that would break the camels back. ... In any case the revolution started and happened as a peoples war and as Morgan says it is doubtful that the British could ever have won more than a stalemate. ... Morgan here brings up a very good question or shall I say argument, “were the colonists sincere in their declarations of principle or were they merely trying to avoid the unpleasant task of paying taxes they ought to have paid?