Yes, the development of machines did lead to the beginning of the factory system.
The colonists were angry because it raised the money on sugar by three cents and added a tax on non-British coffee and certain wines.
Believing in or practicing social equality
The Fifteenth Amendment had a significant loophole: it did not grant suffrage to all men, but only prohibited discrimination on the basis of race and former slave status. States could require voters to pass literacy tests or pay poll taxes - difficult tasks for the formerly enslaved, who had little education or money.
