THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
LEXINGTON CONCORD AND BUNKER HILL THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGINS
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Question
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The colonists wanted to pay taxes on stamps and tea
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The colonists had no leaders in the British government to speak for them
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The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence
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The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy
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Detailed explanation-1: -It means the colonists did not think they should be taxed unless they had representation in the British Parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -The English felt that the colonists should pay taxes because the English government was providing services that the colonists would otherwise have had to do without. The Americans felt the taxes were unfair because they were being imposed by a government in which the colonists had no “voice."
Detailed explanation-3: -They believed that it was unfair to have Parliament make the Americans pay taxes when they had no say in the decision. Most colonial governments were headed by governors appointed by Britain, rather than people elected by Americans. Many felt that they should not be taxed unless they had a representative in Parliament.
Detailed explanation-4: -Colonial assemblies denounced the law, claiming the tax was illegal on the grounds that they had no representation in Parliament.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.