The Members of Parliament believed that Virtual Representation worked. In short, they felt that saying that everyone in Parliament represented every person in the British Empire was a good plan. The colonists, however, wanted representatives who were there actually representing them. They wanted people chosen by New Englanders, Middle-Colonists and Southerns in Parliament along with people from India and the rest of the Empire.
religious and education, that is true of why the colonists left England because of freedom of religion and disagreeing with having a "state religion", but after they arrived they did not agree that every decision England made should affect the colonies, such as declaring war and embargo. Financial concerns were the cause of our breaking away though , hence "no taxation without representation". England should not have the power to make proclamations involving the colonies without their Representatives being present and having their say so.
The colonies disagreed with the British Parliament because they proclaimed on the American Indians.
Parliament
since the colonies belong to England, Parliament has legal authority over them.
Colonists protested taxes passed by parliament because colonists had NO representatives in parliament
The American colonist model of legislature was patterned after the English Parliament. The primary concern was that the government have a balance of power.
the colonists did not want to be taxed directly by parliament
parliament
Parliament
since the colonies belong to England, Parliament has legal authority over them.
British Parliament
The taxes were to help pay for the French and Indian war. They reasoned that they were protecting the colonists and the colonists were English subjects so they should help pay for the war.
American colonists objected to British taxes because the colonists had no vote on the taxes and no representation in the British parliament. The colonists' catchphrase for protests was "taxation without representation", because they were being taxed without representation in the parliament and that's why they were mad.
Colonists protested taxes passed by parliament because colonists had NO representatives in parliament
The right to have a representative in Parliament.
English Parliament.
because the colonists did not have freedom.
because the colonists did not have freedom.
The American colonist model of legislature was patterned after the English Parliament. The primary concern was that the government have a balance of power.