THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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The colonists should not be taxed unless they were represented in Parliament.
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The colonists should not be taxed because they could not vote for the King.
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The colonists should not be taxed unless the taxes were used in the colonies.
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The colonists should not be taxed because no one should be taxed.
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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 phrase taxation without representation describes a populace that is required to pay taxes to a government authority without having any say in that government’s policies. The term has its origin in a slogan of the American colonials against their British rulers: “Taxation without representation is tyranny."1.
Detailed explanation-3: -By the 1770s, many colonists were angry because they did not have self-government. This meant that they could not govern themselves and make their own laws. They had to pay high taxes to the king. They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some colonists who were not persuaded by the political struggle joined the British for personal gain or military glory. Some joined out of sheer loyalty to the Crown-they still believed themselves loyal British citizens. There were also many American farmers willing to sell their goods to the British for profit.
Detailed explanation-5: -It means the colonists did not think they should be taxed unless they had representation in the British Parliament.