The colonists wanted their independence from England, so they rebelled in 1776, but the started the war even earlier. They started the Revolutionary War in the 1770's. The answer to your question is independence.
For better working conditions for experianced laborors. the knights of labor however wanted better working conditions for both non experienced and experienced laborers, which ultimatley led to their downfall as the experianced laborers looked down on the inexperiienced and joined the american federation instead as they only wanted this for experienced laborers.
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