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The colonists wanted to ed taxation without representation. They really did not initially want to break away from England. The feeling was that they were being forced to by a non responsive Government that was taxing the people of the new colonies without regard to what they were getting for their money. The feeling was that they were being charged for luxuries that only the old country received. The fear was that they had no one that was looking after the colonies needs or wishes.
Setting up a Government that was going to be able to solve these central issues was their primary goal. One of those issues was a King that if good things went fine, but if they had a bad King things were bad. The needs of every citizen were going to be heard. A true democracy would require people voting for every little issue, a physical impossibility, so they decided to have representatives from each area care for the needs of that area.
The founding fathers did not have anything against reigion, but wanted it to be the decision of the individual, not a decision of the King. They were not against taxation. They did not want to waste 10% of their income with no return. (We fought the war for far less then 10% taxation) The thought was that if we had representatives that did not receive money from outside their districts they would care for the needs of their area.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoIf Parliament allowed representatives from each colony, the colonists would feel as though their interests were being represented, and they could stave off or reduce any taxes that Parliament might want to impose, the same as any other English subject, but lacking representation, the colonists felt that they should form their own government.
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∙ 8y agoit allowed them to have a larger role in the government and there would be people they knew with the same opinions in the government....
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What course of action does Henry want the colonist to take?
doodoo
What right did Edmund Andros deny the colonists?
Edmund Andros did not let the colonist have their representative assemblies and let them only have their meetings once a year
What did the declaration of independence tell the English king that the colonist did not want to be?
They didnts
What did new France's colonist want?
They mostly wanted furs from the Native Americans
What did British colonist want to do during the European wars of the 1700s?
Help British
Why were the colonist mad about the tax's?
Because they didn't have a representative within the British Parliament.
Who was the royal governor of the northern colonies who outlawed colonist representative assemblies?
Edmund Andros
How was representative government different than what the colonist were used to?
Hand issues such as taxes and budget for the colony
Why did colonist want independence?
The colonist wanted their independence because they wanted freedom.
What did the Indians want from the colonist?
they want to fight for the revolutin
Where did the colonists want to have a representative?
They didn't expect to have a a representative government in the colonies... but they did want one.
What important English right had been denied to the colonists?
The right to have a representative in Parliament.
Why did colonist want independince from Britain?
yes
Who did the colonist want to tax them?
the king of England
What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Cnferderation?
The colonist worried that the states would split up. At first the colonist did not want to be a nation.
What rightd did the colonist want from Britain?
to be free of their taxes.
What did the declaration of independence declare?
That the colonist want independence
