From 1748 through 1776, Britain’s objectives were to control colonial possessions tighter than ever. It sent greater numbers of officials to America, imposed regulations on trade, and restricted territorial expansion to this effect.
Colonists, in their part, desired to be free to govern themselves, trade as they desired, and expand into the West Acts and laws were passed by the Parliament, which served as an inspiration to the Conservatism that existed in every American:
In 1761, minor disputes took place over the use of legally dubious search warrants and friction was raised by the Sugar Act of 1764.
In 1765, major confrontations took place over parliamentary taxation, which flared over the passage of the Stamp Act.
In 1761, the Townshend Duties inspired many writers, such as John Dickinson, a conservative, who published Letters From a Westchester Farmer. The document reflected his deeply opposition to turmoil.
In 1774, with the passing of the Intolerable Acts, Americans formed the Continental Congress, in which Americans discussed for solutions, conservative solutions.
This controversial events led Americans to unite and long for the old order that existed, hence, Conservative Americans.
Americans’ pivotal worry was the sacredness of liberty. The Tree of Liberty, the Liberty Boys, the Sons of Liberty, "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” - that was what it was all about. A misconception and wrong association is that of “liberty”, and “liberalism”, which do not necessarily go together. Liberalism is a political philosophy which supports the protection of an individual’s political and civil liberties. Americans did all that, through Conservatism. In this way, Americans were conservative on their liberalism.
Throughout the long imperial crisis, Americans had repeatedly pursued the goal of reestablishing the empire as it had functioned before 1763, when colonial trade was protected and encouraged, and when colonial assemblies had exercised exclusive power over taxation and internal legislation. The many pacifist ways that Americans tried did not work, and finally, they had to resort to fighting to keep liberty, even thought it may mean death. Liberty was the most sacred right of Americans, and through the liberal actions that Americans took, the conservatism prevailed long after the Revolution, which eventually brought back the government to the longed for and desired Old Order.