Neutralist in the Revolutionary War included members of Parliament and Colonial slaves. Neutralist were loyal to England but didn't feel it was right to tax the American colonies.
They did not elect members to Parliament and so believed Parliament had no right to tax them.
Declaratory Act
They wanted to show that it still had the right to collect taxes in America.
Stamp Act
stamp act
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
Parliament's declaration alienated moderates like John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
Because they didn't have a representative within the British Parliament.
Native Americans Indians were exempt from the British tax laws
Because they were taxed without representation which means no colonist representatives were present when Parliament decided to tax the colonies.
To pay for all the damage from the French and Indian war.
colonists believed that since the government had no representative they had no right to tax them. Their rallying cry was "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!"
Patric Henrey .
Britian was in war debt so they taxed the colonist to gain money