THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
BOSTON MASSACRE DECLARATORY TOWNSHEND ACTS
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They did not want to quarter British troops.
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They did not want to petition the British parliament.
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They wanted Britain to pass the Declaratory Act.
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Theydid not think Britain should have the right to tax them
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Detailed explanation-1: -They refused to use the stamps, and they held violent demonstrations. They were angry because they did not think that the British Parliament had the right to make them pay a tax. The colonists did not have any representatives in the British legislature. Instead they had their own legislatures in the colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Stamp Act was very unpopular among colonists. A majority considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent-consent that only the colonial legislatures could grant. Their slogan was “No taxation without representation".
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -While the Sugar Act was a duty only on foreign goods, the Stamp Act taxed items within the colonies. Previously, only colonial assemblies assumed responsibility for internal taxes.
Detailed explanation-5: -Why did the colonists resent the Stamp Act? They did not think that Britain should have the right to tax them.