Remember remember...

Except that's not 100% correct.

Sure the American Elite joined in, well, some of them did. Mostly it was revolution driven by the middle class. Maybe the upper middle class, but the stamp and tea taxes were incredibly unpopular.

I'd imagine the sentiment among the poorer people was something along the lines of "better to be lorded over by a local asshole, than one half the world away".

Also, the quartering bullshit. That was just as unpopular, so much so that we have an entire amendment banning it specifically.