The Americans wanting to break away from the britian?<span />
England was in debt and they made the colonist pay heavy taxes.
The meridian 160° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean<span>, the </span>Southern Ocean<span>, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 160th meridian west forms a great circle with the 20th meridian east.
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