Answer: The colonists wanted to break free from the British because after the French and Indian war, the colonists had to pay for the war debt that they accumulated. They also imposed other taxes on the colonists such as the Stamp act which taxed the print of all papers. Also there were taxes on other things such as items that were imported, called the Townshend act. The coercive act was a set of laws imposed on certain colonists because of the acts during the Boston tea party. Then the sons of liberty started rebelling against laws and taxes which gave other colonists the same idea.
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