"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" The Americans had the advantage of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the British government and desiring equality among all Americans. The American documents that were drafted, were contracts that defined the powers of government, but drew their authority from the people, not from the royal seal from a distant king. All of these documents contained weak executive and judicial branches due to the distrust of previous ruling. …showed first 75 words of 370 total…

…showed last 75 words of 370 total…nation's problems and the direct change from a centralized government to a decentralized government lead to the unraveling. The British government on the other hand was too centralized, strong, and abused the rights of the people. The British people had no say in the government, causing the inability to express themselves and their thoughts among one another. The unreasonable acts such as: intolerable acts, sugar acts, and stamp act, caused the rebellions acts against Britain.