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Although America was known as the land of opportunities, Great Britain nagged and picked on colonists in America in every which way they could. What was behind this harsh judgement? Jealousy? Ego? Britain treated the colonies horribly and unjust. The colonies in America were a branch off of Great Britain, automatically giving them less authority--no authority at this point in time. The major issue that tore colonists from Britain was the taxes; the Stampt Act.
"The power to tax is the power to destroy". That is so profound and true in this matter. Little flames of unjust acts towards the colonists would soon light the fire to major destruction. England taxed literally everything in America. This affected absolutely everyone and brought anger and rage to the colonists.Because Britain was so far behind in it's economy due to wars, they put a heavy burden on America to help pay taxes. Logically, it makes sense that America--being so intertwined with Britain--would help pay taxes as well. But taxing all the way to playing cards and lawyer documents was just wrong. The differences between Great Britain and the new America were so vast. America was all about exploring and finding new things. They were always improving and changing things for their lifestyles. This is quite contrast to the old Great Britain that lived off of rituals and patterns of the same thing. This is probably the main reason Britain looked down on America. America was changing rapidly and Britain did not approve. John Adam's quote on "Revolution of the Mind" is something I find so true. The harsh communication among the men of Britain and America, the nonsense of all the taxing, the mistreating, every little thing led up and built up to war. Each negative problem between America and Great Britain was a flame that brought up the fire and explosion.