The Americans had to pay taxes to the British because the British started the colonies to get profit from it.
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∙ 11y agoThey believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
American income taxes pay for government services and protection, defense/military spending, roads, schools, and law enforcement.
The American Revolution started mainly because of taxes. The British gave overpriced taxes to the colonists.
because they dont like poo
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.
to make British people to pay for their taxes
Most Americans hate having to pay taxes. American colonists revolted because of British taxes.
The British raised taxes in the American colonies to pay for the fighting of the French and Indian war. They also expected colonists to pay for their own defense from the continued threat of Indians. Colonists were outraged by the taxes, and some began to organize protests
Americans did not want to have to pay taxes to the british
The British taxed on paper,glass, ext.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
The British raised taxes in the American colonies to pay for the fighting of the French and Indian war. They also expected colonists to pay for their own defense from the continued threat of Indians. Colonists were outraged by the taxes, and some began to organize protests
they pay American federal taxes
Britain imposed new taxes on the American colonists in order to pay for the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven years war.) The British government felt that because the war was fought to protect the colonies, they should pay for some of the war.
The American colonists objected to British taxes because they were being forced to pay money to the Crown, and at the same time had no say in the British Parliament. This is where the phrase "no taxation without representation" comes from.
The American colonists objected to British taxes because they were being forced to pay money to the Crown, and at the same time had no say in the British Parliament. This is where the phrase "no taxation without representation" comes from.
requirement that the colonists pay taxes on British goods