Not very well, there was a huge economic crisis and they were unable to stop the depression.
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The Colonists wanted independence from Great Britain because the king created unreasonable taxes, those taxes were created because Britain just fought the French and Indians. England decided that since they fought on American soil, then it was only fair to make Colonists pay for it.
Both Germany and the UK have well industrialized economic systems since the UK was the first to develop the Industrial Revolution with its use of factories and socialized labour and the use of coal and the development of steel making, textiles etc and Germany was not far behind.