Their problem was with taxation without representation regardless of what was being taxed. They were being forced to pay taxes but had no government representatives through whom they could voice grievances.
The reason the colonist signed the mayflower compact was to make peace and to say that this is how its going to be.
the Declaration of Independence.
Taxation without representation was the European theory that was rejected by the writing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The reason for the Revolutionary War was taxation without representation.
Correct, they had no representation in government.
King George repealed the Stamp Act in 1776. He repealed this act for many reasons. One reason was because the King noticed that the colonists were protesting. Samuel Adams led a mob, that protested against the Stamp Act. The Sons of Liberty (a group of people who hated the Stamp act) tar'd and feather'd the tax collectors and burned the taxes and the tax collectors homes.
No taxation without representation
The reason why Britain's American colonies were most angered by the taxes imposed on them by Britain was because e the colonist felt like they had no say in the taxation.
Number one reason was lack of representation in Parliament, which created no home control over Colonial administration. Sheryl Graham-Shockley
For some reason, a Virginia colonist, George Cassen, told Powhatan's tribe where they could find John Smith, and he was subsequently taken prisoner.
The action was taxing the colonists for no reason. It was also called taxation without representation.
They meant that the British would have to have a good reason for taxing the Americans. If there was not a good explanation, then there was reason for taxation.
The military draft was the real MAIN reason for the protests.
In the latter half of the 18th century, the American colonists did indeed have economic reasons for their protests against the British home-government. Just one particular reason was this: they suffered from a series of taxation-acts from the 1750s onward that they considered to be oppressive and otherwise inappropriate.
The reason the colonist signed the mayflower compact was to make peace and to say that this is how its going to be.
The reason the colonist signed the mayflower compact was to make peace and to say that this is how its going to be.
There is no main reason, they can be the acts, the massacre, or taxes.
the Declaration of Independence.