The answer is, To argue for, there's the obvious, which is that the colonists didn't
like their lack of voice within British Parliament. They also didn't
like how Britain was treating other colonies, what would become Canada
for instance, with similar laws and codes seen in the US colonies. You
could also argue that it was a more financial decision, as the taxes
placed upon the colonies and the restrictions on trade were hurting
American businesses. Honestly, an argument combining the two would
probably be more rounded.
We require the some more information regarding the very specific novel( what ever the genre may be). As, there should be a given paragraph or some phrases that are required to add more value to the given answer which is desired by the student in a given manner. As each of the plot relation to the possible theme of the unknown novel will be easy to be evaluated.