Which statement best describes the colonial attitude before the 1760s ...

Most colonists wanted complete independence from Great Britain.

The colonists thought they should be granted more freedoms than the British citizens living in England received.

Most colonists wanted to transfer their loyalties to the French government.

Most colonists wanted the same rights and privileges enjoyed by British citizens living in England.

The correct answer is Most colonists wanted the same rights and privileges enjoyed by British citizens living in England.

Considering that the American colonists were controlled by the British in a legal and economic sense, the colonists felt that they should have the same rights and privleges as other British subjects. One of the most significant rights that the British citizens possessed but the colonists did not was the ability to pick representatives in the British parliament. American colonists felt it was unfair that the British parliament, which was thousands of miles away from the colonies, could make laws without their consent. This idea was later manifested in the popular phrase "no taxation without representation."