WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The British Parliament believed it had the right to tax the colonies, while the colonists believed that they should not be taxed since they had no representation in the British Parliament. The colonists and Great Britain disagreed over how to finance (pay for) the French and Indian War.

Detailed explanation-2: -The colonists and the British Parliament disagreed over how the colonies should be governed. Parliamentbelieved it had legal authorityin the colonies, while the colonists believed their local assemblies had legal authority.

Detailed explanation-3: -Beginnings of Colonial Opposition. American colonists responded to the Sugar Act and the Currency Act with protest. In Massachusetts, participants in a town meeting cried out against taxation without proper representation in Parliament, and suggested some form of united protest throughout the colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -The American colonists were angered by the Stamp Act and quickly acted to oppose it. Because of the colonies’ sheer distance from London, the epicenter of British politics, a direct appeal to Parliament was almost impossible. Instead, the colonists made clear their opposition by simply refusing to pay the tax.