C. Elimination of political opposition
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Answer:
The kind believed had the right to tax the colonists, many colonists felt they should not pay these taxes, because they wete passed in england by parliament and not by their own colonial government. They said the taxes violated their right as british citizens. Also by the 1770s many colonists were angry bc they did not have self-government. That meant they could not govern themselvesand make their own laws. Almost no colonists wanted to be independent of britain at the time bc britain provided protection, yet all of them valued their rights as british citizens and the idea of local self-rule.
England proved to be a strong super power by conquering lands and by acquiring natural resources. England also imperialized many countries benefitting from them through mercantilism. England increased in navy and their economy prospered.
He got the France to join him in the war