They were persecuted for their faith in god
He taught that he was the Son of God, & that God had created everything & we are created to glorify him, believe, & follow him in which we may go to heaven after death...
this message spread because Jesus had disciples that followed him, & also he went around preaching and working miracles which made people spread the news about him.
The 13 colonies opposed these acts because the colonies were being taxed without representation meaning that the colonies usually made their own taxed untill the Britsh stated tax acts without giving the colonies any say on if they wanted them so the colonies protest these acts fearing that the colonies were going to get pushed around by the Britsh
