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The colonists did not want taxes imposed by the british parliament.
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....
The colonists did not respond well to British taxes. These colonists were outraged that they were being taxed the way that they were.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
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The colonists initial goal against the British was for lower taxation. Instead of lowering taxes the British increase taxes. The increased taxes led to the Revolutionary war.
American colonists objected to British taxes because the colonists had no vote on the taxes and no representation in the British parliament. The colonists' catchphrase for protests was "taxation without representation", because they were being taxed without representation in the parliament and that's why they were mad.
The taxes were to help pay for the French and Indian war. They reasoned that they were protecting the colonists and the colonists were English subjects so they should help pay for the war.
Under pressure from American colonists and British merchants, the British did lower taxes levied on other tea importers, the tax-free status of the British East.
The colonists let the Parliament know that they were against british taxes by throwing british goods into the water. This was called the british tea act.
The colonists felt that the British government had no right to tax them because there were not any representatives of the colonies in the British Parliament. The colonies had no say in how much the taxes should be or what they should pay for. They didn't think this was fair.
colonists boycotted briish goods