They stopped buying british goods
They stopped buying british goods
Raising the colonies taxes.
"taxation without representation " the colonist where mad because they didn't have a say in what to do in parliament they just chose for them.
"taxation without representation " the colonist where mad because they didn't have a say in what to do in parliament they just chose for them.
The colonists did not want taxes imposed by the british parliament.
The colonists let the Parliament know that they were against british taxes by throwing british goods into the water. This was called the british tea act.
They stopped buying british goods
Sameul Adams and other Anti-British agitators.
The Boston Tea Party.
One effect of the new British taxes on colonist were protests.
They felt it was unfair to them that they were taxed by Parliament (the British government) even though they had no say in who was elected or what the laws were. A famous quote is "No taxation without representation".
It was bad