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legal authority to regulate the trade of Great Britain, and all her colonies
The parliament interpreted the colonists reactions in one way. The parliament agreed to let the colonies have representation in the Parliament.
To get tax revenue.
The Declaratory Act was issued by Britain and said that Parliament's authority was the same in America as it was in Britain. It stated that Parliament had the authority to make binding laws on the colonies.
John Dickinson was a firm supporter of "No Taxation Without Representation". He argued that there was injustice of external taxation because the British were exploiting the wealth of the colonies.
legal authority to regulate the trade of Great Britain, and all her colonies
Since the colonies belonged to them, they were justified in all of them. The colonists didn't mind the taxes, they minded that they didn't get any say.
Yes, the colonists were justified. They had been asking for Parliament representation for a decade, without results. The actions of Parliament was retaliatory, and created resentment that had not previously existed in the colonies. Diplomacy probably would have curtailed the revolution. However, Parliament attempted to subjugate rather than negotiate.
The British Parliament was taxing the colonies. The colonies had no representation in the Parliament.
There were no colonies when the English parliament started.
well according to history parliament did pass the the coercive acts but it wasnt to isolate Boston from from the rest of the colonies. so i hope you learned something today.
well according to history parliament did pass the the coercive acts but it wasnt to isolate Boston from from the rest of the colonies. so i hope you learned something today.
well according to history parliament did pass the the coercive acts but it wasnt to isolate boston from from the rest of the colonies. so i hope you learned something today.
England was driving them in a "corner" where they had to either fight or get beat up
Parliament could not effectively tax and control the colonies.
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They were oppressing taxes on the colonies, and it was causing the colonies money.