Consent and Representation
"no taxation without representation"
freedom from taxation without representation.
Loyalists believed that colonists should remain loyal to the British Crown, while Patriots believed in liberty and independence from Great Britain. Patriots also believed that depending on Britain could bring you ruin and desolation. Loyalists also believed that some of the Patriots' concerns were exaggerated.
The Enlightenment was a major influence on the political ideas of the colonists who pushed for independence from Great Britain
to get revenge on great Britain
Without the war against Britain The Colonists would be subject to the unfair rule and regulation that Great Britain handed to them.
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Great Britain was in a war with the French and as a result, their economy was spiralling downward. They thought the Colonists, with all their great natural resources, would be an excellent source of income. The problem is that Great Britain was taxing almost everything and the Colonists started revolting. The Colonists believed that being taxed without being representated was a bad idea.
Some colonists had extreme national pride and believed that they were still British by nationality even though they were not born in Great Britain. These British loyalists believed in the British rule and were deeply Loyal to the King of England.
it listed the rights the colonist believed they had Its aim was to inform the King of the rights the colonists had as human beings, how Great Britain had violated these rights, and what they had to do in order to remedy this. The preamble was followed by a list of specific grievances of the colonists.
American colonists did not think that they were being treated fairly by Great Britain.
No taxation without representation
"no taxation without representation"
The taxation to the colonists. Britain said that they could do that because they were in charge of everything that happened in their territory. The colonists said that they could not be taxed because there was no representation in Britain's Parliament.
freedom from taxation without representation.
Great Britain taxed the colonies but did not allow them to participate in politics.
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