the king of England
To have money for the war.
because then they can decide how much to make people pay when they have taxes due
because they did not have the money to pay the taxes.
We didn't want to pay our taxes anymore.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
the colonist simply didnt want to pay thier fair share of taxes
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.
no
the colonist did not want to pay taxes for tea and did not want to buy from only the british companys
The colonists thought that if they had no say in the Parliament, then they should not have to fund it.The Parliament tried 3 different ways to get the colonists to pay the taxes, but the colonists protested, sometimes violently. It got to the point where British troops were deployed to Boston, thus starting the American Revolutionary War.
Taxes
It had a financial affect on the colonists. Most colonists couldn't afford to pay the taxes.