The colonies did not like the king, probably because the high taxes on tea and other things.
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Apparently to "Drain on their economy."
they viewed them as an economic resource. =)
King George III.
King george iii
The were viewed as sources of raw materials and market for manufactured goods.
The king viewed the colonies as a source of money, therefore, taxing them to raise money for his wants and needs, he basically benefited in that way by keeping the American colonies.
The colonists objected to the tax laws and tariffs that were being imposed upon them by Parliament. Prior to the French and Indian War, Britain had allowed the colonies few taxes and more self governance. They viewed the acts as the attempted subjugation of the colonies by King George and Parliament. They also objected to being forced to pay taxes when they had no representation in Parliament.
During the 1700s the only authority that had the power to levy taxes in the American Colonies would have been the King of England along with the British Parliament. At the time of the American Revolution the King was George III. This was just one cause of the Revolution. The Colonies had no Representatives in the Parliament.
which group wrote to the king that parliament did not have the right to tax the colonies was the stamp act congress
British Parliament and King George III
the British, parliament and the king and queen usual. By the way there were 8 colonies not 7
Britain was, at the time, ruling America. Their king was the king of the American colonies, and Britain's Parliament made decisions about the colonies. Britain was what the Americans were rebelling against. The American colonists, tired of British rule, rose up and won the American Revolution, shaking off Britain's main hold of the new continent.
The Declaration of Independence was written to King George, and Parliament declaring the American colonies were now independent states, free of British rule.