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What was the colonists' biggest objection to paying taxes to the British government?
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They did not elect members to Parliament and so believed Parliament had no right to tax them.
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They did not elect members to Parliament and so believed Parliament had no right to tax them.
What was the colonists biggest objection to paying taxes to the government?
The taxes caused economic hardships for most colonists they did not want to be ruled by a nation that was so far away they did not elect members to parliament and so believed parliament had no right to tax them the money from taxes funded only british troops and not the american militia
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