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The question above represents a common misunderstanding regarding the reason for the colonies resistance to taxation from Great Britain. Most Americans today believe that it was an issue of how high the tax was and the burden that it would have placed upon the people. This is incorrect. The colonies resistance to taxation is directly connected to the issue of internal vs. external taxation.
Internal taxation is taxes placed upon the people by representatives of the people. External taxation is taxes imposed upon a people that has no representation in the body that makes the decision.
James Otis is claimed to have stated that, "Taxation without representation is tyranny". The colonists believed that laws imposed on a people that have no voice is a form of tyranny.
The issue wasn't with a percentage, the issue was with liberty.
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What were the taxes that were imposed on the colonists?
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
Was The first direct tax levied by England on the colonists was the stamp tax?
It is true that the Stamp Act was the first direct tax levied by England on the colonists. This happened in 1765.
What upset Americans colonists most stamp act?
they were being taxed with out being warned first.
What is the Stamp Act and how did it affect the colonists?
The Stamp Act was a tax on papers from Britain to the colonies. The colonists were to pay higher taxes in which they did not favor.
What did the stamp act place tax upon?
The stamp act placed an English tax on American colonists and forced them to pay tax on printed sheets of paper.
What were the taxes that were imposed on the colonists?
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
Was The first direct tax levied by England on the colonists was the stamp tax?
It is true that the Stamp Act was the first direct tax levied by England on the colonists. This happened in 1765.
The first direct tax levied by England on the colonists was the stamp tax?
Stamp Act
What act was the first act to directly tax the colonists?
the name of this Act was the Sugar Act which taxed the colonists for the first time
What upset Americans colonists most stamp act?
they were being taxed with out being warned first.
What is the Stamp Act and how did it affect the colonists?
The Stamp Act was a tax on papers from Britain to the colonies. The colonists were to pay higher taxes in which they did not favor.
Which act stated the parliament did have the right to tax colonists?
stamp act
What did the stamp act place tax upon?
The stamp act placed an English tax on American colonists and forced them to pay tax on printed sheets of paper.
What happened to the colonists who disobeyed the stamp act?
The colonists would either get fined or put in jail if they did not pay the stamp tax.
What tax required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials?
stamp act
What is the stamp act and why did Paul Revere and the other colonists rebel against the act?
the stamp act is a tax on paper and Paul revere and other colonists rebelled against it because they thought the king had no right to tax with out representation.
Why was the stamp act of 1765 particularly upsetting to the colonists?
It was the first time Parliament had tried to tax colonists directly.
