Shakespeare was more of a collective/group/joint than an individual man
I am guessing it would have to be persecution. Christian's got soo much persecution during the past years it is quite unfair.I hope this helps!
The way their views were differ is :
- The American believes the tax was no good and they wanted to have a representative so their opinion could be heard in the parliament.
- British believed that they're entitled to the tax because the war they fought was to protect them in their country.