What were the goals of the American revolution?

I sense an essay question for school.

Ok, following the French and Indian War (or Seven Years' War as it was known in Europe), England had incurred a massive national debt. During this period, the Prime Minister of England was a man named Lord Greenville. He held the belief that, since the F&I War most benefitted the American colonists, they should be the ones to pay off the debt. England held a general consensus with him, and he and the three following Prime Ministers began imposing multiple taxes on the colonies, including taxes on paper, glass, tea, and all printed goods.

In the colony of Virginia, a young man by the name of Patrick Henry held the belief that, since the American people didn't elect anyone in Parliament, the British governing body had no right to tax the American people. The colonists were only held to account for governing bodies they elected, namely the Virginia House of Burgesses.

What began as an attempt to convince Britain to eliminate these taxes only became a revolution for independence when an organization in Boston called the Sons of Liberty began pushing for the idea. It was spread through the colonies by a pamphlet called <i>Common Sense</i> by Thomas Paine. Following an attempt to kidnap two of the leaders of the Sons of Liberty, John Hancock and Samuel Adams, around the village of Concord, fighting broke out. Once it had erupted, nothing could quelch the idea of independence.

So, in short (I'm sure you're glad for that), independence isn't even what really sparked the revolutionary war. It was a desire to have actual representation in government instead of the virtual representation the British claimed to offer.