How did americans begin to think of themselves as different from the british and how did they begin to come together to oppose british rule?

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Americans came to the new land to be separated from Britain. We found ourselves wanting to become a nation of our own. Americans came together to go against Britain by not paying their taxes and also dumping that tea resembling we will never stand along side Britain again. 

Idon't think any of em are right, you need to add the number of what paragraph you got your citation from