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There are several possible reasons. Perhaps the most prominent is that they were scared of the colonists. They were set apart from their home government and had many more opportunities to grow unhappy with Parliament. Taxes were intended to break their spirit and help "keep them in line". Evidently, that didn't work out real well.

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