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Why did the British place taxes on the colonists?
Under pressure from American colonists and British merchants, the British did lower taxes levied on other tea importers, the tax-free status of the British East.
What were the measures taken by the british government to raise money?
They raised the taxes on the colonists.
Why did the British add extra taxes to the colonists?
The taxes were to help pay the war debit from the French and Indian war. The government felt that the colonists were protected by British troops and they needed to contribute to the cost.
What rights did the colonists think the British government was taking away from them?
that they had to pay taxes on tea
Which contributed the outbreak of the Revolutionary War?
The battlecry was "Taxation without representation". The British government imposed taxes upon the colonists; but the colonists had no say in what was taxed and by how much.
Which act by the British government caused the American colonists to write the Declaration of Independence and separate from Great Britain?
requirement that the colonists pay taxes on British goods
Which product did the colonists start making because the British government taxes it so heavily?
glass
Why were the colonists angry about british taxes?
In a nutshell, they were angry because they had no direct representation in the British Government. Taxation without representation!
How did colonist respond to british taxes?
The colonists did not respond well to British taxes. These colonists were outraged that they were being taxed the way that they were.
Why did the colonists believe that they did not have to pay British taxes?
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
Why did the British add extra taxes to the colonists before the Revo war?
why did great Britain increase taxes on the colonies
What did the British want from the colonists?
Taxes
