The new-age colonists, who appointed social leaders favored by popular decision, viewed England's deeply ritualistic monarchial government as oppressive and a means to an end. The opposing views on government between the colonies and Great Britain led to a strained relationship between the two that could only be remedied by separation [Dig14].
America and Great Britain also differed in other ways. Most of England's citizens did not own property whereas the land that an individual worked on in America usually belonged to them. This ownership resulted in an economic independence that was not prominent in Britain. When an individual owns the land they work on or the shop they work in they are much more protective and motivated to remain independent than someone who has nothing to lose. Samuel Adams wrote in 1772 that, "while their property shall be disposed of by a House of Commons at three thousand miles' distance from them, and who cannot be supposed to have the least care or concern for their real interest; who have not only no natural care for their interest, but must be in effect bribed against it, as every burden they lay on the Colonists is so much saved or gained to themselves", [Ada72]. This quote illustrates that the colonists were unhappy that a government three thousand miles away was making decisions about their property. This ideology can also be applied to the fact that America had a greater absence of poverty than Great Britain, which meant its people were more capable of standing up to the British superpower. Other ways in which America was different than Britain was its religious diversity and lack of urban development[Dig14]; the colonies and Great Britain simply did not have the same way of life, which begs the question as to why they were connected at all. This was the seed of a revolution growing in the colonists' minds. .
Another reason that justifies the American Revolution is the numerous laws and acts that the British imposed on the colonies.