What did American people think about the British in 1776?

In 1775,
King George III gave his consent to Parliament to send troops to the colonies. His goal was to
teach the colonists a lesson; he wanted to show them that betrayal was not to be
tolerated.

For their part, Americans as a whole were ready to reject the
primacy of the British crown. They believed that the king and Parliament had overstepped their
boundaries in many ways. Yet, although American sentiment against the crown was near universal,
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