http://www.cracked.com/video_18793_6-myths-you-probably-believe-about-american-revolution.html

1. Britain never collected taxes from the colonies.
2. Colonists attacked land owned by the French, forcing Britain into a war with France.
3. The only tax enforced by the British, was the tea tax.
4. Britain didn't know the colonist were unhappy, until war broke out.