How did colonists understand their obligations to the empire?

George Grenville expected the colonists to accept part of the burden of financing the British Empire in 1764 partly due to the enormous debt the empire had incurred in its victory over France.

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states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”