The higher taxes caused increasing tension between colonials and the mother country.更高的税收使殖民地居民和宗主国之间的关系日趋紧张。Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, had no colonial conflict with the mother country.澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大与它们的宗主国没有殖民冲突。This was a time when many nations were trying to shake off their colonial masters.在那个时代,许多民族试图摆脱殖民宗主国的控制。