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The colonists in America considered themselves to be Englishmen.
Eventually, this belief presented a problem to the authorities in Great
Britain. How so?
The colonists felt that they were entitled to representation in government as
guaranteed in the English Bill of Rights. Therefore, they began to question the
authority of the Parliament because no one represented them in that legislative body.
For many, their political allegiance shifted to their colonial governments.
The colonists felt that they had the right to secede from the British Empire because
the king had imposed taxes in the colonies, which was a violation of their rights -
being that taxes had to originate in Parliament.
The colonists felt that they had a right to demand representation in Parliament when
that legislative body began raising taxes in the colonies.
The colonists began to pressure Parliament, in Great Britain, to allow the settlers to
push further into the interior of North America. As citizens, these settlers demanded
that military protection against hostile Native tribes be provided at Parliament's
expense.