USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the French and Indian War, the American colonists had acted together under the command of the British military to fight the American Indians and the French. Now the colonists were coming together to protest how the British government was treating them.

Detailed explanation-2: -The British crown borrowed heavily from British and Dutch bankers to bankroll the war, doubling British national debt.

Detailed explanation-3: -The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for expenses incurred during the French and Indian War. Additionally, colonists believed Parliament did not have the right to tax them because the American colonies were not represented in Parliament.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.