With the taxes and with the way the British was handling the colonies, they were better off forming their own government and keeping trade open with the motherland.
The people of the colonies knew what was best for their people.
I have no clear opinion, but I will give solid facts. The British taxed the colonists for a war that only benefitted the colonists. This is true, but the problem is that the colonists had no say in the matter. "No Taxation Without Representation" was born here. While the taxes were fair, the colonists had no say, and that was the problem.
