Great Britain increased taxes on many items in the colonies.
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The answer is George the Third.
The British were taxing the colonists for tea and other necessities unfairly. They also would not let the colonists be represented in Britain.
a statement that the American colonists would no longer be rules by the british
They wanted Independence from that dingus King George III
We called them 'patriots'. The British called them 'rebels'.
- King George III violated the rights of the colonists by taxing and passing unfair laws; British army violated the colonists rights too
requirement that the colonists pay taxes on British goods
The British colonised America and the French colonised Canada. The British beat the French out of Canada with the help of the Canadian native tribes and the American colonists. However, the American colonists then fought for their independence from Britain in the 1770s. The British were helped by the Native American Indians, but eventually the French helped the Americans and the British grated independence to America.
It gave the American colonists a powerful argument for independence from British rule.
Some of the reasons the American colonies declared their independence from the British empire:The colonists were heavily taxedColonists had no say in their own affairsParliament made their laws
It was basically a letter to Great Britain's King George declaring the complete independence of the American colonies from his authority and from the British Empire. He was not amused.