The priests played an incredibly large role in this split since it was the head of the Catholic Church who decided to make this split in the first place, mainly over disagreements on orthodoxy.
The Revolutionary War with Britain after British colonists were already in the US, sent by the British. Basically, they were being taxed on stuff like Molasses and Tea. They didn't want taxation from a country in which they had no representation in government. This was the reason for the Boston Tea Party. Then of course they formed their own independent country once they were free from Britain.
Since you provide no options, there are couple of things that could be considered as a shortcoming of a poll, such as :
- Limited interviewer knowledge
-and Inability to distinguish between legitimate responses and lies
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