I already knew, from my 1950s & 60s education, the items listed in Ricky D's. post above. It was NE ships bringing the slaves, etc.. The colonists were not rebelling against taxes (I never heard that the level of taxation was the issue). They were rebelling against taxes levied without their consent...taxation w/out representation. Each colony had it's own legislative body & parlaiment had NO legal jurisdiction over them, we just shared the same king with the British. When King George sided with parlaiment he was breaking his contract with each of the 13 colonies of how they would operate. This is why the Declaration of Independence focuses on his userpations/crimes. The best book by far that I have read that deals with this is "The Theme Is Freedom" by M. Stanton Evans. It came out in 1994 and was published by Regnery. The "Glorious Revolution" of the 1680s (overthrowing James II) is exactly the pattern followed by our American revolutionary leaders in overthrowing George III.
