King George III and the Parliament passed many taxes on the colonists in the 13 colonies. At first the colonists did not mind but after the first Great Awakening, colonists all across the 13 colonies had the same thought, "All men are created equal." Of course, there were still colonists who were loyal to th King but many refused to have anymore taxes placed on them with representation in the Parliament. "No taxation without representation!" Colonists boycotted against the Stamp Act and performed the Boston Tea Party to go against the Tea Act. The Quartering Act, otherwise known as the one of the intolerable acts, angered the colonists the most. Colonists came together to defy the British because it was the intolerable acts that made the colonists realize they were all facing the same problem. The colonists were doing what Benjamin Franklin had spoken of during the French and Indian War. "Join or Die."