United States was an agrarian-based nation. Prior to World War II, people were involved in agriculture than other existing industries. Technological improvements in farming introduced during the war years reduced farming dependencies on manual labor freeing people to move to the cities to find white collar jobs after the war.
The British instated the acts to make an example of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party, and the outrage they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution in 1775.
