This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "Major Problems in the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791" by Richard D. Brown. Specifically it attempts to determine whether a separate
colonial identity emerged in the decades before the American Revolution. It examines how by the time the 1760s arrived, America had made great societal strides in just about every area and how the
country was autonomous from England, but hoped to keep friendly ties, until the British increased their
control on their burgeoning child. It looks at how society had progressed so much, that it was ready to be on its own and how too much control from the mother country simply strengthened the resolve to break free. The roots of independence were long in coming and went much deeper than a few years worth of taxes and tariffs.