Prior to 1763 the American colonists were politically content. The British government and the colonists signed charters which granted then the same rights as Englishmen. The colonists self-ruled due to the lack of British officials to govern them. The Mayflower Compact was the first set of rules in the Americas created by the Pilgrims and sailors aboard the Mayflower in 1620 after landing in Cape Cod. The colonists also created the 1619 House of Burgesses, the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. However, in 1764 the colonists dissatisfaction began to increase; many acts passed by Parliament began to confine the colonists rights, The British government used virtual representation, where a man in England was representing the
