THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Question
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Colonists opposed taxes from Great Britain because the ____
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colonies had no representation in Parliament.
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taxes were too high.
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British people had no representation in Parliament.
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colonists wanted American Indians and French to pay all the taxes.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In short, many colonists believed that as they were not represented in the distant British parliament, any taxes it imposed on the colonists (such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts) were unconstitutional, and were a denial of the colonists’ rights as Englishmen.
Detailed explanation-2: -The colonists weren’t trying to get into Parliament; they wanted taxes to be handled by their local representatives.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Act resulted in violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be “No Taxation without Representation” and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax to which they had not agreed through representation in Parliament.
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