USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: –Parliament believed that they had the legal authority to govern the colonies Did the colonies believe Parliament should tax them?-The colonies believed that they should not be taxed because they had no representation in Parliament.

Detailed explanation-2: -Parliament believed it had legal authority in the colonies, while the colonists believed their local assemblies had legal authority.

Detailed explanation-3: -On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution “that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states.” They appointed a Committee of Five to write an announcement explaining the reasons for independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Acts of Parliament regulated commerce (see Navigation Acts), defined citizenship, and limited the amount of paper money issued in the colonies. The British government argued that Parliament’s authority to legislate for the colonies was unlimited. This was stated explicitly in the Declaratory Act of 1766.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.