The concern in the petition about the effect of taxation is best understood in continuity with The revolt against British imperial control of the North American colonies.
The British colonization of the Americas is the tale of how England, Scotland, and, after 1707, Great Britain, established sovereignty over, settled, and colonized the American continents.
The process of colonization started in the late 16th century with unsuccessful attempts by British to build long-term colonies in the North. Around the year 1000 AD, Norse settlers under the leadership of Leif Erikson built the first known European colony in what is now Newfoundland, which the Norse referred to as Vinland. With Christopher Columbus' 1492 journey, which was funded by Spain, later European exploration of North America resumed. Nearly a century later, English explorers started.
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