The colonists had never been taxed before. They felt that the British did nothing for them.
The Townshend Acts taxed the goods being imported to the colonies.
Taxation without representation was the main reason, they thought that they were being unfairly taxed, when in accuallity, the folks of England were being taxed way more.
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They were mad at the British because they taxed them and they didn't believed that they should have been taxed and they passed the quarting act which made them house British soldiers and they believed that the British power was to strong.
The British believed that taxes were fair because the British gave them safety, so they taxed the colonies for a way to repay them. I think....
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Heavily taxed by the British government.
There was the Stamp Act and the Town Shed Act.
The colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament, but the British also needed funds for their soldiers to protect the colonists from another Native American rebellion.
After the French and Indian war the British were having trouble paying for all of the warfare, therefore the British unfairly taxed the colonies to help pay for it.