The new sense of identity in the American colonist helped lead to revolution because:
B. They viewed themselves as individuals of their states (Virginians, Rhode Islanders….etc.) that had self-governed for so long that King George’s taxes were infringing on their rights.
With a new sense of identity not liked to the British Royalty, it lead to a revolution for independence.
Oliver Wendell Holmes...........1902 - 1932.........T. Roosevelt
Willis Van Devanter................1911 - 1937.........Taft
James McReynolds Clark.........1914 - 1941.........Wilson
Louis Brandeis.......................1916 - 1939.........Wilson
William H. Taft (CJ)................1921 - 1930.........Harding
George Sutherland.................1922 - 1938.........Harding
Pierce Butler..........................1923 - 1939.........Harding
Edward Terry Sanford.............1923 - 1930.........Harding
Harlan F. Stone (CJ)...............1925 - 1946.........Coolidge/F. Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes (CJ)......1930 - 1941.........Hoover
Owen Roberts........................1930 - 1945.........Hoover
Benjamin Cardozo..................1932 - 1938.........Hoover
