This document discusses revolutionary ideology that led to American independence from Britain. It summarizes key ideas from John Locke on natural rights and colonial perceptions of liberty. It also examines how the French and Indian War threatened colonial liberty by increasing British debt and control over the colonies. This change in thinking among colonists led to three opinions that drove independence: a desire for representation in government, a view that the British Constitution failed to protect colonial rights, and a belief that Parliament had no authority over the colonies.