the start of the seventeenth century, the English had not established a permanent settlement in the Americas. Over the next century, however, they outpaced their rivals. The English encouraged emigration far more than the Spanish, French, or Dutch. They established nearly a dozen colonies, sending swarms of immigrants to populate the land. England had experienced a dramatic rise in population in the sixteenth century, and the colonies appeared a welcoming place for those who faced overcrowding and grinding poverty at home. Thousands of English migrants arrived in the Chesapeake Bay colonies of Virginia and Maryland to work in the tobacco fields. Another stream, this one of pious Puritan families, sought to live as they believed scripture demanded and established the Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New Haven, Connecticut, and Rhode Island colonies of New England.
The English Bill of Rights 1689 had forbidden the imposition of taxes without the consent of Parliament; however, the colonists had no representation in Parliament. As such, the taxes violated the guaranteed rights of the colonists. ( No representation = Unlawful taxation. )
The printing press was allowed for quicker production of text, as well as having the ability to duplicate in the thousands. A single pamphlet would be carried from one town to another, where it could duplicate even more.
