My father got the 4 CD set from the history channel a while ago, we watched it over the winter. Freakin miracle we won. Benedict Arnold got screwed several times, had he gotten his just recognition he would have gone down as one of the great heroes of the war and West Point would probably still be Fort Arnold. Instead his name is synonymous with traitor.
But yeah, you're not wrong, pretty much taxation without representation combined with a lot of big egos.