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they lost a battle and they taxed the colonists
The colonists were British and when they declared independence they were seen as traitors by the king.
Because it is like a mother and daughter relationship. The British had control over the colonists for a long time. The British did kinda baby them for a while , then British turned. And the colonists was like what is going on; and the British wanted to control the colonists and the colonists had enough so the wanted to rebel. So to answer the question , because the British felt like they were in control because they kinda took the colonists under there wing.
They were very different from the British soldiers and wanted to declare independence from England.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all