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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.
The colonists resorted to smuggling goods and other materials instead of paying the taxes.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
Yes, there were many taxes imposed on the American colonies by the British Empire.
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Stamp Act
sugar
Colonists paid a disproportionate share of taxes.
Colonists protested taxes passed by parliament because colonists had NO representatives in parliament
By boycotting the taxed products, Colonists deprived the Crown of the intended revenue.
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.
The colonists resorted to smuggling goods and other materials instead of paying the taxes.
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
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.