EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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By ignoring American representatives in Parliament on issues of taxes levied in the American colonies
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By raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonies any representation in Parliament
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By representing an effort in Britain to end the slave trade in the colonies
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By revealing the British plan to expand the American colonies farther west on the continent
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Detailed explanation-1: -Colonists organized boycotts of British goods to pressure Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts. As British customs officials arrived to collect taxes and prosecute smugglers, colonial opposition intensified, resulting in street demonstrations and protests that sometimes turned violent.
Detailed explanation-2: -By raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonies any representation in Parliament (or “Taxation Without Representation is Tyranny"), the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts convinced many Americans that continued loyalty to Britain might not be logical.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British government thought the colonists should help pay the cost of their protection. The British Parliament enacted a series of taxes on the colonies for the purpose of raising revenue.
Detailed explanation-4: -REACTIONS: THE NON-IMPORTATION MOVEMENT. Like the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts produced controversy and protest in the American colonies. For a second time, many colonists resented what they perceived as an effort to tax them without representation and thus to deprive them of their liberty.