Britain and the American colonies got along fine at first. The colonies recognized the "mother contry's" right to authority over them. But beginning primarily during the French-Indian War, tension between the colonies and Britain gradually increased, eventually to the point of absolute rebellion and the creation of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
In the French-Indian War, colonists and Redcoats conflicted in several ways. The colonists that fought for the British wanted to serve under other colonists, and not the harsh British generals. Discipline was strict, and the colonists thought of themselves as