[expat2]

The American Secession* was not directly about taxation, but about the Colonial desire for expansion westward. The Colonies expected England to pay for the defense of their territory against counter-attacks by the Indians and the French, and England had enough on its plate in Europe, and refused.

*It was not really a revolution -- see France, Russia, Cuba for real revolutions -- the turning of a society upside down [lower class on top, upper-class destroyed)

[KarlInOhio]

I heard some historian (I forget who) who said that it was more of a counterrevolution. Before the French & Indian War, England treated the North American colonies with a kind of benign neglect because the Caribbean colonies were vastly more profitable. With little or no interference from England democracy developed. Then with the F&I War, England started much more taxes and controls while the colonies wanted to go back to the old ways of running their own business.

[Sherman Logan]

The Colonies expected England to pay for the defense of their territory against counter-attacks by the Indians and the French

Actually, the Revolution to a considerable extent occurred because the French were no longer a threat, having been completely defeated in the French and Indian War. The Americans therefore no longer needed the protection of an imperial connection.