"No Taxation Without Representation" sounds fair from an American point-of-view. The problem was that as a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 which ended the 7 Years War:
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Britain ended up with a lot of other colonies. Did the same rules apply to them or were the Americans seeking special treatment? Canada was full of Frenchmen ( and Indians ). India was full of (real) Indians! Jamaica? The Bahamas??
How long before the denizens of those other territories would have been whining for "representation" too.
The British were in large part the authors of their own destruction during the War and totally mishandled the political as well as the military aspects of the campaign with their arrogance but it isn't as if there weren't other considerations that they had to take which the colonists didn't.
Britain ended up with a lot of other colonies. Did the same rules apply to them or were the Americans seeking special treatment? Canada was full of Frenchmen ( and Indians ). India was full of (real) Indians! Jamaica? The Bahamas??
How long before the denizens of those other territories would have been whining for "representation" too.
The British were in large part the authors of their own destruction during the War and totally mishandled the political as well as the military aspects of the campaign with their arrogance but it isn't as if there weren't other considerations that they had to take which the colonists didn't.
