Actually, yes, it happens everywhere. most of the time some people believe in their own beliefs and get too hard headed and shallow to even process that not everyone has the same beliefs/practices that doesn't mean they're right nor wrong just different. like Atheism & Christianity; its a huge topic people discuss that usually always turns heated.
to the Brits the war was just a little annoying side show and they believed that they would not be able to regain control because they simply did not have the man power (they were fighting France at the time as well) so this statement is FALSE.
Supporters of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 believed that regulation of of big business in the United States was essential to economic prosperity, since they were against corruption.