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The British government taxed the American colonists to an extreme and treated them unfairly. The colonists even drew up a document stating their grievances against the King and when it was ignored they rebelled. But it was mainly taxes.
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government.
The American colonists wanted to have representation in the British parliament so they would have a voice regarding taxation. This was to the British, a privilege they would not support.
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the patriots not the stupid football team either
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
The American colonists were upset because the British government started to tax the Americans.
One method of control used by the elite on rebellious colonists was to charge people with anger towards the British.
One method of control used by the elite on rebellious colonists was to charge people with anger towards the British.
This was the Sugar Act.
They taxed them because the british king wanted the money.
the decleration states that because the British government had repeatedly taken away the american rights, the american colonists had the right to form a new government.