It is because the colonists were taxed without having a representation in parliment.So they think it is not fair.
the colonist simply didnt want to pay thier fair share of taxes
The British were taxing the colonists without representation in Parliament.
What changed the colonists ideas about British later
They spoke English.
the colonists did
The colonists at that time saw themselves a British, the British were their own countrymen.
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He exaggerated what happened between the British soldiers and the colonists, calling it a massacre even though the colonists started it and only a few were killed.
American colonists thought British taxes were unfair.
Many colonists thought taxation without representation was fundamentally wrong.
the revenues fromt the taxation would go to support British officials and judges in America
The British were taxing the colonists without representation in Parliament.
What changed the colonists ideas about British later
colonists believed that since the government had no representative they had no right to tax them. Their rallying cry was "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!"
The colonists called the British soldiers Red Coats. This is because of the uniforms they wore, which were red. The British called the colonists Yankees.
They spoke English.
The colonists were British and when they declared independence they were seen as traitors by the king.
To ensure that colonists observed the boycott of British goods