Many colonists thought taxation without representation was fundamentally wrong.
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Raising the colonies taxes.
Delegate members from each state attended the continental congress to discuss British authority in the America colonies. Delegates from nine colonies met in 1765, and collectively declined taxation by the British Parliament on the colonies.
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Delegate members from each state attended the continental congress to discuss British authority in the America colonies. Delegates from nine colonies met in 1765, and collectively declined taxation by the British Parliament on the colonies.
because the Virginia colonies didn't want to be taxed by Parliament. Parliament was the british government. and they wanted to be their own country. they didn't want England to rule them any more.
Anger over the Stamp Act caused the colonies to grow displeased with the British Parliament. Patrick Henry spoke out against the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses. He thought it was not fair that the British Parliament had imposed this tax. He thought only the colonial assemblies should have the power to tax. The colonies' anger with the British Parliament eventually led to the American Revolution.
list of grievances against the king of England and the british parialment
No... the Declaration of Independence was a statement of succession as well as a list of grievences committed against the colonies by the british Parliament and monarch.
They might act badly, and team up and start a war against the British.
The British Parliament severely taxed the American colonies. The colonies protested and finally went to war against the British. The American colonies were victorious and won their independence from England. The Revolutionary War began in 1775 and ended officially in 1783.
Declaring war on the colonies. Choices are... A Overruling the decisions of the British Parliament B Taxing the colonists without their consent C Dismissing the colonial legislatures D Declaring war on the colonies