EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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colonies had no representation in Parliament.
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taxes were too high.
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British people had no representation in Parliament.
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colonists wanted American Indians and French to pay all the taxes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The colonists weren’t trying to get into Parliament; they wanted taxes to be handled by their local representatives.
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."