To pay for all the damage from the French and Indian war.
Because they didn't have a representative within the British Parliament.
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
Some British colonists were upset, because they were imposed a tax without their voice in the British Parliament.
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
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Parliament's declaration alienated moderates like John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
The Stamp Act of 1765 was argued to be a tax without representation since the British colonies had no representatives in the British Parliament.
To make up for the money the British used to help win the French and Indian War.
Native Americans Indians were exempt from the British tax laws
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The colonist thought that they did not deserve to be taxed since they won the war for the British, but the British thought differently. The British saw it as since they supplies and funded food and supplies for the soldiers that it was fair. But why did the British need to tax the colonist? Well after supplying good for the colonist they were in severe debt. They thought the best way to get out of debt was to tax the colonist on everything. From sugar, to even taxing them on important document. It later turned into the British taxing them on basically everything.