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The colonists initial goal against the British was for lower taxation. Instead of lowering taxes the British increase taxes. The increased taxes led to the Revolutionary war.
British uniting as Americans was the effect of their taxation on the colonists as a whole.
uniting as Americans was the effect of British taxation on the colonists as a whole.
The Stamp Act, among others, increased taxes on the colonists without them having any say over it. "Taxation without representation" was a major grievance of the colonists.
The colonists were angered by the taxation of the colonies by Britain. However, that was mainly because they were not represented in British parliament, meaning that they had no say in their taxation.
The British colonists in America before the War of Independence (no taxation without representation /in the British Parliament/).
The colonists felt British taxation was unfair. They were forced to pay taxes, but received basically nothing in return. Due to the colonists wanting something for their money, the phrase "taxation without representation" was coined. American colonists demanded representatives in England.
"No taxation without representation"
No taxation without representation in parliament
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
the Declaration of Independence.
"No taxation without representation"