Most British colonist in the thirteen colonies felt a strong allegiance towards Great Britain and its king in the 1700s. After the French and Indian War, the British were left in debt which they found difficult to pay off. To reimburse the debt, they raised taxes on English men and eventually decided to tax the colonist. The colonist opposed the idea of taxation as they believed that they were not accurately represented in Parliament. Uprisings and rebellions in the thirteen colonies eventually lead to the American Revolution in 1775, a revolution fought for the independence of the colonies from Great Britain. This revolution brought about radical ideas and changes in the American society about egalitarianism. Specifically, the revolution
