Following the French and Indian War, the French were driven out of North America and Britain was in debt; they expected the colonists to help pay this back. After the war, there was tension between the British soldiers and the colonists. In Boston, fights broke out, leading to the Boston Massacre, where a mob threatened British soldiers. The colonists despised British soldiers, and vice versa. Soon, it became clear that a British colonist in North …
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…yet the patriots still unreasonably complained. In addition, Great Britain was left greatly in debt after the French and Indian War and had the right to enforce policies on the colonies; these policies also helped the colonists. As one can see, the colonists should have become Loyalists and support British rule - the British supported the colonies like a mother supported its baby, and those that are not taken care often make the wrong decision.