For background may want to look into the French Indian wars as these really cemented the future viability of the English speaking North American colonies and it was basically arguments over the bill that brought the whole independence thing to a head. Just like today - the rich (read truly wealthy as opposed to temporariy high income) did not want to pay their fair share of taxes so stirred everyone up into a frenzy of misdirection, IMO LOL.

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