Did most common people in colonial America want a revolution?

As a general rule of thumb, a third of the colonists were in favor of outright independence, a third wanted to stay with the Crown, while a third were neutral and went either way. A lot of times, the conflict went beyond a desire for a "revolution". read more

As a matter of fact, the American Revolution was more a desire to go back to the old way of running things. In the period preceding the French & Indian War, the British government had a sort of attitude of "benign neglect" towards their colonists, allowing them to do whatever they wanted with minimal interference and few taxes. read more

Breweries began to supply ordinaries and taverns. In larger population centers, this worked well, because beer did not keep. Cities had enough drinkers to consume the beer before it spoiled. The first Europeans thought that the New World would be a perfect place to make wine. It was not. European grapevines did not survive American pests and diseases. read more