They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
In a mercantilism system, colonies were expected to serve the colonial power. Grenville reasoned that the colonists would not oppose small tax increases.
The Grenville Acts were a group of acts that included the Sugar Act, which lowered tariffs on sugar while increasing tariffs on molasses, The Currency Act, which made the colonists use British currency, the Stamp Act, which forced colonists to place stamps on all official documents, the Quartering Act, which required the colonists to house, clothe, and feed British troops, and the Tea Act, which placed taxes on tea.
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.
Yes, there were many taxes imposed on the American colonies by the British Empire.
because their teachers beat them like you do me
boycotting British goods
you give them a weggie like you did to me when you bullied me
they boycotted the idea and stopped paying taxes to the british
Boston tea party then the war of independence
They created boycotts and protested for there rights.
The leaders of the opposition were Samuel Adams and John Dickinson. Colonists were infuriated by these taxes and their boycott of British goods forced King George to repeal the Stamp Act.
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
Taxes
why the British were so willing to pass new taxes in the face of colonial opposition?
In a mercantilism system, colonies were expected to serve the colonial power. Grenville reasoned that the colonists would not oppose small tax increases.