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Why did the British government conduct general searches of the colonists homes and businesses?
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∙ 8y ago
I Think bc of the cause
Bryce Runolfsson
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∙ 7y agoActually they raided the hidden locations that smugglers set up shop and tried in intercept boats coming in with goods. The authority came because they were the subjects of Britain and the king and as subjects they didn't have the rights to refuse. This is one of the problems that was listed in the Declaration of Independence and why the Bill of Rights were written.
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Why did colonists speak out against British government?
I cant
Who believed that the British government was exploiting American colonists?
Thomas Paine
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
How did British rule in the colonies fail to fulfill the purpose of government?
the british didnt have the colonists consent to taxing
The colonists resented the control of the British government and did everything possible to break the laws what did they do?
smugglingNot reporting income,pirateering,and smuggling!!
Which statement describes what the British colonists thought of the British government during the European wars of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
which statement tells what the americans colonists thought of the british government during the later europeans of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
What statement tells what the American colonists thought of the British government during the later European wars of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Which statements tells what the American colonists thought of the British government during the later European wars of the 1700?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Which statement tells what the American colonists thought of the British government during the later European wars of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
How did the British government anger the colonists?
Taxing them with out representation.
Why did colonists speak out against British government?
I cant
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.
Why did British colonists in the thirteen original colonies began to resent the British government?
smuggling
What did the colonists had to follow the laws of?
what rules did the colonists have to follow
How did the Magna Carta affect British government?
It gave the colonists the idea of limited government
Why the colonists declared independence.?
It was wrong.the British government ruled everyone and everything and the colonists didn't like it.
