They didn't like the king because he put taxes, he basically wanted to control the native americans. eyc.
As far as I know, the British Kingdom was the first around the 18th century and then all the countries surrounding England, France included. Russia was another country that started to be industrialised an, also, Japan.
They would trade grains oils and textiles for timber wind and metals and stones
Benedict Arnold was a general during the American Revolutionary war. However, he started being a traitor and providing the British with military information. He then defected to the British army.