>But the conflict actually started as far back as 1765 with the Stamp Act. The fighting came after about a decade of issues around whether Parliament could tax the colonists. (You can loop up the Tea Act and the Intolerable Acts, for instance.)
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>The fundamental issue all along was that Englishmen had a right to a say in their own governance and taxation, and that when Parliament taxed the colonists, they were breaching that right. As the conflict grew, other things happened (like quartering soldiers in private homes) that made things worse.
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>Tamar

Yep, and now the govment is going to be assessing your home's energy effeciency - before they will ALLOW you to sell it. Isn't that kind of like the govment moving in with you? I keep thinking "Don't Tread on Me"....