THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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They weren’t upset, they wanted to pay lots of taxes
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They believed there should be no taxation without representation
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They thought only the rich should pay taxes
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The American colonies raised the slogan ‘No Taxation without Representation’. It means the colonists did not think they should be taxed unless they had representation in the British Parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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."