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We didn't want to pay our taxes anymore.
Actually,the objection wasn't to being taxed, but to be taxed without a say: no taxation without representation!
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What Enlightenment ideas influenced colonists?
The Enlightenment was a major influence on the political ideas of the colonists who pushed for independence from Great Britain
Why did the colonists boycott paper and tea?
to get revenge on great Britain
Want country did the colonists fight during the Revolutionary War?
The colonists were fighting for their independance from Great Britain.
Who is the ruler of great Britain who imposed taxes on the colonists?
George III
Who did the colonists have fights with?
In the revolutionary war they fought Great Britain for independence
Why were the colonists angry the Great Britain had hired German mercenaries?
German mercenaries had a reputation for being particularly brutal in battle
What was the reason the colonists declared their independence from great Britain?
American colonists did not think that they were being treated fairly by Great Britain.
Where did America's colonists come from?
Great Britain
What was the main reason that colonist declared their independence from great Britain?
American colonists did not think that they were being treated fairly by Great Britain.
Did Great Britain get more than half of its exports from the American Colonists?
why did great britain get more than half of the american colonists exports in 1770?
What made the colonies angry at the british government?
What made the colonists angry at Great Britain was all of the taxes, such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and the Townshend Acts. "No taxation without representation!"
Why are you angry with the sugar act in a colonists point of view?
In my opinion,Colonists would be overly excited to get pissed off because of Britain's childish acts. so I say SCREW YOU to Britain
Why were colonists angry with Great Britain?
We didn't want to pay our taxes anymore. Actually,the objection wasn't to being taxed, but to be taxed without a say: no taxation without representation!
How did the colonists respond to the Atamp Act and the Townshend Act?
The colonists were opposed to any tax imposed on them by Great Britain. In addition to voicing their opposition, the colonists also boycotted trade with Great Britain.
What problems did the colonists have with great Britain?
that they had a strict trade.
Colonists who did not want independence from Great Britain?
Loyalists
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 cause friction between great Britain and the colonies?
the proclamation of 1763 said that you couldn't settle in the west in North America but some of the colonists already had land in the east. So the colonists were really angry at Britain because they had already paid for that land and couldn't use it now.
