It had been expected for a long time that a revolution would occur and America to gain its independence from Britain. One of the main issues that led up to the independence from Britain was the taxation. Britain tried to take complete control of the American colonies, when they realized they were smuggling and distributing goods to New England merchants. While Britain was trying to put into place The Tea Act, the colonists felt as if they were trying to take away their liberty because the Parliament felt as if they had the right to tax the various colonies, therefore, the colonists began to distrust the British. It was as if the Parliament was a middleman instigator that had something to also do with the cause of the soon to be revolution.
