Britain and the colonies had tensions between each other ever since the adventurous colonists wanted to break away from Great Britain's powerful hold. Although the English did not want to let the colonists start their own country there, they still believed that an extension to their country would be very beneficial to their economy and power. The English had laws and taxes on colonists that seemed unfair to the colonists; and they were, but they greatly benefited the British by extending their power further into the world. Now that the English had founded their colony and established their rules and regulations, the colonists felt they were being treated unfairly and believed they deserved more freedom than the English had given them. After things like the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the brutality of the Boston Massacre, colonists began to grow restless and fight for freedom from the higher power that ruled every day. Protest groups began to arise among the discontented people, groups such as the Committees of Correspondence. This group gave people something to believe in. This group clearly told them that they had more rights than the British had told them. Inevitably the colonists declared war on the powerful British government. This may have seemed like a good choice; the English were unjust, so it seemed that the colonists had the right to declare their independence from Great Britain. And obviously it seems to be a good decision because the United States is the most powerful country in the world today. However it was a smart Christian decision, what does the Bible say about war and going against your government. In the book of Romans the reader is told directly that to go against one's government is to go against the will of God because the government was put there by God. So if this is the case, the colonists were all pagans and the entire economy , society and culture of the United States were based on an unjust and sinful idea. Yes, this would be true if the Bible didn't have another place that specifically deals with this type of situation. In another section of the Bible we read that a person must follow a government only if it does not distance him from God. So, if a government directly disobeys the word of God, then it is not right to follow its rules and teachings. Did the English do this? Yes, the English passed many different laws that went against biblical things such as the Quebec Act and many other unjust taxes and rules. When the English killed