I think the American revolution was essentially a staged event, Thomas Jefferson was the man tasked by the Order of the Illuminati(which was actually still the name at the time) of infiltrating the Scottish rite freemasons in the US. He was a follower of Adam Weishaupt, who was the groups founder, at least allegedly. He wrote the declaration of independence, that's a big clue. I think the US itself was  a Freemason experiment, and I think it's possible the Masons themselves were infiltrated and subverted by nefarious forces in 1870 plus or minus 20 years. Just look at the players involved throughout history. I mean, it's a well known fact that most of the founding fathers were masons, so I don't think this is particularly controversial..  Why would they "stage" the revolution? Well, it gives the appearance of independence. Notice they kept Canada...