# data[].attributes.body
This document declared that the colonies would unite as states to become their own country.

# data[].attributes.body
The colonists found out about this ahead of time, and a small group of minutemen, or American civilian soldiers, met them on the way.

# data[].attributes.body
In order to raise money, they passed several taxes that all the American colonies had to pay. Unsurprisingly, all the colonists hated having to pay extra money for basic materials. They didn’t like how Britain was using them just to collect money.

# data[].attributes.body
Throughout the 1600s, British influence in North America continued to grow as more and more colonists flooded the region.

# data[].attributes.body
Each colony had its own leadership structure, but the British government was always in charge.