If this person had opposition, who were the person's foes?

Our enemy is the England. I wrote the Declaration of Independence, so we can win our freedom. I also tried to make a law that would not allow slavery in new state. But they don't agree. So that's how the whole revolutionary war begin. It would last for eight years. We are fighting to win our freedom from England. England was placing taxes on items such as tea, glass, and paint. The leaders in the Virginia Legislature were very upset about the way England was treating the American colonies.