The taxes were to help pay for the French and Indian war. They reasoned that they were protecting the colonists and the colonists were English subjects so they should help pay for the war.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
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Taxes and oppressive laws are often some of the causes that drive people from cities.
Yes, there were many taxes imposed on the American colonies by the British Empire.
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Colonists paid a disproportionate share of taxes.
they got only paid some of their taxes
Colonists protested taxes passed by parliament because colonists had NO representatives in parliament
they got only paid some of their taxes
The taxes were to help pay for the French and Indian war. They reasoned that they were protecting the colonists and the colonists were English subjects so they should help pay for the war.
The British raised taxes in the American colonies to pay for the fighting of the French and Indian war. They also expected colonists to pay for their own defense from the continued threat of Indians. Colonists were outraged by the taxes, and some began to organize protests
The colonists did not respond well to British taxes. These colonists were outraged that they were being taxed the way that they were.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
American colonists objected to British taxes because the colonists had no vote on the taxes and no representation in the British parliament. The colonists' catchphrase for protests was "taxation without representation", because they were being taxed without representation in the parliament and that's why they were mad.
The colonies did not have representation in Parliament