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Summary: Opposing Attitudes Toward Great Britain
The opposing attitudes toward Great Britain that colonists held prior to and during the Revolutionary War.
There were different attitudes towards Great Britain prior to and during the Revolutionary War. There were people who believed that they needed to be free from the rule of the British. They thought that the British were violating the rights of the colonists. They felt the tax laws were illegal because the colonists had no that could vote on the taxes. They felt the British was trying to control them by preventing the colonists from moving to the new lands. Other groups also had reasons for supporting the side they did I believe that they went with who they felt was the better side. There were people who believed that they should remain

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