Comparison Of Britsh And The Colonists

The seven years war left Britain in debt and enlarged overseas possesions to defend, London insisted that the colonist help pay for the protection the British provided. The British oppositions thinks who insisted that power inevitably seeks to encroach upon liberty, colonial leaders came to see these measures as part of Britsh design to undermine their freedom.Having only recently gloried in their enjoyment of Britsh Liberty they came to conclude that membership in the empire was a threat to freedom rather than its foundation(Foner 172).The colonist argued that London couldn't tax them because they were underrepsrented in Parliament. The British governement put out a warrant to search for smuggled goods anywhere at anytime. Prime Minster George