the Europeans had already taxed there own people enough and the statesmen knew there people were going to the colonies because of the taxes so they started to charge them for anything that was popular or best seller and this made the people in the colonies start boyscoots
No. Britain didn't have the right to tax the colonies
They tax the colonies because they were in debt for sending their troops to protect the western lands.
the sugar act
what happened after the colonies rejected the tax
it was called deferential tax.
His justification was that the Colonies share some of the tax burdensince many believed the the Seven Year's War had been started by the Colonies and fought on their behalf.
Virtual representation was a scapegoat to let Parliament tax the colonies even though the colonies couldn't elect members for Parliament. It meant Britain could tax the colonies without colonial representation.
For money
Townshend Acts
which group wrote to the king that parliament did not have the right to tax the colonies was the stamp act congress
tea was the only tax
The stamp act put a tax on every printed paper in the colonies.