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What pushed the American coloniststowards wanting independence from the British

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They were putting taxes on almost anything. Especially on the tea.
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One of the main reasons that pushed the American colonists towards wanting independence from the British was because of taxes. They wanted England to take away unfair taxes and acts.
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