The British were trying to make the colonists pay taxes to Britain and continue to serve them in ANY capacity. Basically serving the British as if they lived in Britain! The colonists didn't think they should have to live under the rule of Britain without being able to form their own government or setting rules apart from the Mother England. England wanted to keep control of the colonies. Colonists wanted to be separate from England.
their rights as British subjects had been violated.Taxation without representation
The colonists could not manufacture the same items that were being produced in England.
The actions of the British such as the Acts of Trade and Navigation which only allowed the colonies trade with England caused resentment from the colonists towards the mother country England and heightened tensions between the two. Heavier taxes started being imposed after the French and Indian War in order to help out the English economy.
Mary Queen of the Scots was beheaded for basically being a Catholic and plotting to kill her Protestant sister Queen Elizabeth I. Being a Catholic in Protestant England was not the best thing. The kings' subjects should be the same religion as the king himself.
The British were trying to make the colonists pay taxes to Britain and continue to serve them in ANY capacity. Basically serving the British as if they lived in Britain! The colonists didn't think they should have to live under the rule of Britain without being able to form their own government or setting rules apart from the Mother England. England wanted to keep control of the colonies. Colonists wanted to be separate from England.
The revolutionary war. Where the French took sides with the "Americans" also known as the colonists from England. They started this war beacause the colonists didn't like how the King of England was being greedy of Money and making the taxes higher and stuff like that. So the army leader General George Washington before he was president lent them into attacks.
their rights as British subjects had been violated.Taxation without representation
England was taxing the colonies to pay for the war debt, which the colonists thought was unfair. The colonists also thought that their rights and freedoms were being threatened. Lastly, England suspended the colonies new elected assembly.
The colonists could not manufacture the same items that were being produced in England.
England was taxing the colonies to pay for the war debt, which the colonists thought was unfair. The colonists also thought that their rights and freedoms were being threatened. Lastly, England suspended the colonies new elected assembly.
It outraged the American colonists that such large taxes were being placed on themselves without their consent. This caused greater mistrust between the American colonists and England
The colonists did not want to be taxed without representation because it meant they had absolutely no say in government. It meant that they were under complete control of the monarchy in England.
the colonists couldn't sell ot other countries expect for england.
The Colonist's were being used as the bank for England. England was in terrible debt due to the wars in Europe and fighting Spain. The biggest issue was that the colonists had no right's to speak to what the British where doing to them. They were 'being taxed without representation' and had enough. If the British were to give the Colonies representation in Parliament they would kept the colonies under the crown.
THE ANSWER- I SEARCHED IT--During the years 1740 to 1770 the tension between England and the 13 colonies grew into a full scale war. Suffering from unjust taxation and tyrannical rule, the colonists tried to change and influence the English policy through repeated petitioning and boycotts. After failing to influence England through peaceful measures, war was the colonists' only option. The 13 colonies were therefore justified in starting a revolt against England. According to England however the colonists were not justified in waging war. England was the mother country and the colonists paid the lowest taxes in the world. Being that the colonists benefited from the French and Indian war, colonial help in paying back the debt was expected. The 13 colonies unnecessarily resorted to violence and propaganda in which a minority of Patriots influenced other colonists to believe in a "New England" problem. Despite England's reasons as to why the 13 colonies were wrong to declare war, the colonists were justified in waging war. The colonists in the Declaration of Independence clearly stated their grievances and case against England, declaring to the world the reasons that caused them to separate and fight to become the United States of America.
England was taxing the colonies to pay for the war debt, which the colonists thought was unfair. The colonists also thought that their rights and freedoms were being threatened. Lastly, England suspended the colonies new elected assembly.