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John Adams did not start the revolution by himself even though he lived in Boston where it began. The colonists had a large number of grievances against the British government, most of which are spelled out in the Declaration of Independence.

In nutshell, what happened was that the British government exploited the colonies by collecting money from them without any proportional return of government services. Colonists were treated as second class citizens who function was to enrich Britain, not given any vote in Parliament, but rather were ruled by a governor appointed by the king and their complaints and protests were ignored or, if they became too forcible to ignore, were met by military action.

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