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Originally Posted by Halk
As I understand it was the taxation, and not lack of representation that was the issue. American colonists did not want representation in Britain, they felt it was too far away, and they felt it was absurd that an island would control a continent.
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That's not what I've read in a number of books on the subject. Seems that the 'activists' amongst the colonists worked pretty hard to make something work in order to remain a part of the UK.
-Jeff