British standing armies had come to the colonies to collect the taxes and with this many other infringements would follow, which would be mentioned in the Declaration. The British would also station British troops in homes, something known as the quartering act, and colonists had to feed and house them. The Declaratory Act also made colonists furious, their freedoms they once had such as their own rights to local government, were stripped away and they were told that the British had complete authority over them, as they were regarded as subjects of the British crown. These acts and events are just a few that would slowly lead to the creation of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War. The Declaration of Independence would come about a year after the battle at Lexington and Concord, the reason being not all of the colonists agreed with it, and many of the colonists were still pro monarchy. The colonial elites were also worried about the change in class division that breaking free from Britain would
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