Why Did New England Colonists Want Independence

The New England colonist were made up of thirteen colonies who wanted to be independent. This group of people, who left their former country for various of reasons, were starting to get irritated at Great Britain. In general, the colonist were perturbed that the British government required them to pay a great amount of taxes. They were also upset about the fact that, the money wasn’t helping them out and the funds were going back to England. There was no way they could vote against these acts so they decided not to pay them at all. It is absurd, that they want the colonist to abide by the acts of the British government which is approximately three thousand miles away. The government's reasoning behind all of the acts was essentially, they thought