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The monarchy was still very influential in Parliament, both directly, as the king was the one who asked a politician to form a new government and could ignore leaders he didn't like largely regardless of their support. Also Parliament was still unreformed so there was a lot of pressure that...

You may have a point with indirect taxes if they were also charged on goods in the colonies. I'll admit to that. Not sure that the behaviour of Parliament was "batshit insane" as they repeatedly withdrew taxes due to colonial complaints. Where they seem to have failed was in realising that...

Except that they wanted the rights without the responsibilities.

You seem to have fallen for the myth put out by some of the rebels that it was a case of taxation without representation. That's not the case because that would have implied the colonists being willing to pay far, far more taxes than ever suggested by parliament. Which would have been the case...

A good analysis of the situation. I think part of the problem was the idea that Britain only needed to concentrate on colonial and naval warfare, rather than having expensive continental commitments had gained traction, possibly the big flaw in Pitt the Older's mindset although he seemed to...