During the time where North American colonies were thriving and the British Empire was overseeing the livelihood of the colonies, a sense of differing attitudes were brewing between the colonies and the English. The issue that was to come about was the fact that the relations between the colonies and Britain began to deteriorate. This would come about from the taxation without representation factor between the colonies and Britain. The attitudes of the colonies was that since they were a part of Britain they should be treated with the up most respect and gratitude as any other British subjects. On the other hand, the attitude of the British Empire was that since the status of the colonies was of part of the great empire the colonies should be more than obligated to follow through any aspects even taxation put upon the colonists. Specifically, the Stamp Act would be one form of taxation on the colonies that would poison relations between the two. The perceptions on either side would contrast one another and the misunderstanding of both side’s views would cause a drift in the relationship between the two.

The views of the colonies were that the regulations set forth by the Briti

sh Empire was unjust and unfair. What boggled the attitudes of the North American colonies was that they are considered to be subjects of the British Empire yet they weren’t “permitted to assert, or contend for, exclusive rights from those of our fellow-subjects on the other side of the Atlantic.” (Page 71) Furthermore, it is a shame that their deeply rooted views on such an important issue aren’t even being heard. For instance, on the issue of taxation “parliament would not permit any petitions to be heard from the colonies.” On the issue of parliamentary taxation on the colonies, the colonists felt that they cannot be taxed without a representation on their part. On the part of the colonists they felt like they were being deprived of indivisible rights that were of theirs from birth and more worse is the fact that their right to complain was forbidden. The British viewed the complaints of the colonists on them being taxed without their representation or even consent as a basis of aiming towards independence. In the minds of the colonists the whole issue of them aiming for independence never even entered their minds. The views of the colonies on the whole issue of dependence and independence was that it should not even be considered a factor for in their minds they were all the same subjects of the same country. Yet they are perceived as “rivals and enemies by a country, who ought and might put the surest confidence in us, and who have the greatest reason in the world to lend us their kind assistance.” (Page 73) One interesting point is how it is mentioned that the subjects of Great Britain have held the right of not being taxed without their own consent yet this does not apply to the subjects in America. If it doesn’t apply to the subjects in America then the British subjects should start to worry about their own rights and liberties.

On the other hand, the attitudes of the English are very much indifferent to the attitudes of the colonies. A question that arises is whether or not the American colonists are of the resolutions of the British Parliament. In the eyes of the English they are and if they are they should be entitled to abiding by the re

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