WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -And even though some colonies had official agents to Parliament, like Benjamin Franklin, no colonies had sitting representatives in the British Parliament. In May 1765, Virginia’s Patrick Henry wrote the Virginia Resolves, which clearly laid out the “taxation without representation” argument.

Detailed explanation-2: -Parliament’s main focus remained on America and India and it passed twenty-nine Acts on colonial trade, customs and piracy between 1714 and 1739. It was also central to the establishment of royal rule in the Carolina colonies in 1729 and to the foundation of the colony of Georgia in 1733.

Detailed explanation-3: -In angry response, Parliament passed in 1774 a series of punitive measures, known in America as the Intolerable Acts, which closed Boston harbour and strengthened the power of the royal governor over the rebellious Massachusetts legislative assembly.

Detailed explanation-4: -They had to pay high taxes to the king. They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation. They were also angry because the colonists were forced to let British soldiers sleep and eat in their homes. The 13 original states.