During many years the initial thirteen colonies were under the wing of their mother country Great Britain. But after wars the need for independence became more and more necessary to make sure that the people of the colonies were happy and keep the peace. The American colonists were justified in waging in war and breaking away from the British because they were being over taxed, they didn’t want to quarter soldiers and there was violence towards the population. During the French and indian War Great Britain sent many troops to protect the colonist that resided in this colonies. But after the war, there were many debts that these colonists as well as their mother country had. In order to pay this debts Great Britain raised taxes to the colonists concluding that since the war was to defend the American colonists therefore they were the ones that had to pay for the damage that was done in order to win the war. This became a problem when they started to charge higher taxes in many everyday life. Tea taxes, Stamp act and even navigation acts that were the ones that most people used became almost impossible to have because taxes were so high they started to create problems against the colonies. In Document 2, it states” The raising of revenue... think of imposing the purpose of raising revenue.”The high taxation made it nearly impossible for the colonist to sell or even buy goods. Because of this taxation problems mane opted to protest and even boycott when the taxes were too high. The Boston Tea Party took place to show Great Britain that the colonists wanted change in the taxation problems. Document 1 Thomas Whtely writes, “ We are not yet recovered... they have received.” The English believed that because they helped the colonists fight the war, they needed to pay back, and the only way to pay them was to add high taxes to everyday life resources. However, there were also other problems that needed to be addressed was the quart