stand ings   ... ▁It ▁was ▁American ▁factors ▁rather ▁than ▁imperial ▁influ ences ▁that ▁in ▁his ▁view ▁sh aped ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁colon ies . ▁Os good ' s ▁work ▁still ▁has ▁value ▁for ▁professional ▁histor ians ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁colon ies ' ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁British ▁Empire , ▁and ▁their ▁internal ▁political ▁development . ▁ ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁histor i ography ▁concerns ▁the ▁reasons ▁the ▁Americans ▁revol ted ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 7 0 s ▁and ▁successfully ▁broke ▁away . ▁The ▁" Pat ri ots ", ▁an ▁ins ult ing ▁term ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁that ▁was ▁proud ly ▁adopted ▁by ▁the ▁Americans , ▁str essed ▁the ▁constitution al ▁rights ▁of ▁English men , ▁especially ▁" No ▁tax ation ▁without ▁representation ." ▁Histor ians ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁have ▁emphas ized ▁that ▁the ▁Patri ot ▁constitution al ▁argument ▁was ▁made ▁possible ▁by ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁American ▁national ism ▁that ▁un ited ▁all ▁ 1 3 ▁colon ies . ▁In ▁turn , ▁that ▁national ism ▁was ▁Ro oted ▁in ▁a ▁Republican ▁value ▁system ▁that ▁demanded ▁consent ▁of ▁the ▁govern ed ▁and ▁opposed ▁arist ocr atic ▁control . ▁In ▁Britain ▁itself , ▁republic an ism ▁was ▁a ▁fr inge ▁view ▁since ▁it ▁challeng ed ▁the ▁arist ocr atic ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁political ▁system . ▁There ▁were ▁( al most ) ▁no ▁arist ocr ats ▁or ▁nobles ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 ▁colon ies , ▁and ▁instead , ▁the ▁colonial