Logistically and financially, the British could not maintain hostile operations in their American colonies. With the French, and to a much lesser extent, the Spanish involved, England was leary of a full blown war with American allies on continental Europe. The Seven Years War had all but bankrupted the English treasury, and she still hadn't fully recouperated when the American colonies revolted.
the british government believed this would keep peace with native Americans . the colonist thought the british government should not interfere.
they wanted to get rich
In the 18th century in America, the colonists had numerous reasons to think about revolting, and even to revolt in actuality, against their English overlords. The primary reason was economic: English rule was economically oppressive. Other reasons include the evident disrespect shown to the colonists by the English as well as the English refusal to allow colonists any direct representation in the rule-making that affected their lives and livelihood in their colonial homeland.
The English viewed the American colonies as a way to earn money. In this way, the British taxed the colonists and allowed them little freedom. The colonies didn't have any say on what decisions were made, and the decisions that were made were made across an ocean. They were constantly patrolled by British officers, the things that they produced were taxed for benefit of the British, etc. etc. Eventually, the colonists grew tired of being controlled by England and decided to rebel. Personally, I think the main reason that the colonists wanted to rebel was that they were a separate place - across an ocean! - and they wanted their own say into the decisions that affected them.
American colonists did not think that they were being treated fairly by Great Britain.
They met to discuss their grievances with the British government.
They met to discuss their grievances with the British government.
Taxation
The British felt that they had protected the colonies from the French and that the colonists were British so they should help pay for the war.
The fundamental reason the colonists revolted was taxation without representation.
Taxation without representation
The main participants of the Boston Massacre were a group of British soldiers, known as the "lobsterbacks," and a crowd of colonists. The soldiers were part of the British army stationed in Boston, and the colonists were protesting against British taxation and the presence of troops in their city.
The arguments the American colonists made against British policies of 1763-1776 related to representation. The main argument that rallied support of the colonists was taxation without representation.
the british government believed this would keep peace with native Americans . the colonist thought the british government should not interfere.
The British and the Colonists!
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
the colonists did not want to be taxed directly by parliament