> because they hated the way the system worked in their original countries 48/56 of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were born in the 13 colonies

> because they hated the way the system worked in their original countries 48/56 of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were born in the 13 colonies, and I think for a lot of them what they hated about the way the system worked is that they weren't fully part of it. ("No taxation without representation")