Goods were scarce because the military needed them. Such as food rationing. Rubber usage etc... The military needed those more. The materials were needed for war. War isn't about technology. It's about the ability to muster resources for war.
First of all, most colonists were from Britain. This connected links to the British, so the British could come into America when they wanted. King George the Third implemented many acts into our Nation which angered the colonists. The more acts the King placed on America, the more opposed the colonists got. Then there was the French-Indian War which killed plenty of our men because of how cocky the British were.
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A statement in the Declaration of Independence confirms that with these statements:
We hold these truths (Natural and Individual Rights) to be self-evident, that all men created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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