In the early part of the 19th Century trade unions in both the United States and England were thought of as a way to control prices within an industry. Monopolies at that time were very powerful against the consumer of goods.
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Very severely, Adultery by a Royal Wife was viewed as Treason, as both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard found out.
Signing the Declaration of Independence was viewed as treason in England. By signing one's name on it, it was essentially providing evidence that could be used against them to prove treason.
Americans viewed English policies after 1763 as a systematic attack on their constitutional liberties.
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One argument anti-federalists made for rejecting the Constitution was that they viewed the Constitution as giving the national government too much power (which they had just fought a revolution over trying to free themselves from the grasp of a foreign government that had an extremely centralized government) and not enough power to the states. Another argument against the ratification of the Constitution was the use of a president to head the national government. They viewed this as a position where someone could have a lot of power, such as the King or Queen had in England.