The general purpose of the Continental Congress was to unite the colonies in their opposition to British policies.
The Americans had to pay taxes to the British because the British started the colonies to get profit from it.
Some of the reasons the American colonies declared their independence from the British empire:The colonists were heavily taxedColonists had no say in their own affairsParliament made their laws
A British colonial official may defend British action toward the American colonies in the years just before the Revolution. They may use the argument that the colonists were traitors.
the loyalist did disagree with patriot's oppinion of taxes, because the the british had protected the colonist during war, and according to Ambrose Serle she critized that the colonies were like enemies of the british, also she believed that the complaints against the british wasn't strong enough to revolt against the British. also that colonies hurt England finacilly, but since the existed the governer had to protect the colonist.
The Continental Association was responsible for enforcing a boycott of British goods in the American colonies as a form of protest against British taxation policies. It aimed to unite the colonies in their opposition to British rule and strengthen their resolve for independence.
The general purpose of the Continental Congress was to unite the colonies in their opposition to British policies.
The British governed with little supervision of the American colonies before 1760.Britain's harsh tax and trade policies of the 1760s fanned resentment in the colonies.
It represented an attempt to unify colonies and colonists against the Coercive Acts.
The Declaration listed colonial complaints about many British policies.
An act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766
The Committees of Correspondence were created to improve communication among the colonies regarding opposition to the British. Prominent members included Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry.
The Declaratory Act was a proclamation that strengthened the lawmaking authority of the parliament over the American colonies. This was created to clarify the rules and policies in the relationship of Britain and America.
the colonies paid tax to british but had no repersenatives there
American colonies' break from British rule
John Adams attended the first continental congress in Philadelphia as a delegate from Massachusetts on 1 June 1774. The representatives from different American colonies met to discuss opposition to British rule.
The American Revolution was the war between the thirteen colonies and British mercantilism.