Patrick Henry!! :D
Tax Laws
sons of liberty
In june 1767 parliament passed the Townshend acts, which placed duties on impoerted glass, lead, paints ,paper, and tea
No. Remember, the colonies fought the English because they felt that the taxes incurred on them were unfair because there was no one in Parliament to represent the American Colonists interests. Recall the famous colonist chant, "no taxation, without representation!"
The houses of Parliament is were all laws are made.
Patric Henrey .
They felt they didn’t have Representatives in English parliament. The King felt that the French and Indian war was fought in North America and the colonies needed to bear some of the cost of the war.
The right to tax the colonists.
The right to tax the colonists.
Tax Laws
They refused to listen, because Parliament claimed that it had the power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
It was bad
The right to tax the colonists.
The right to tax the colonists.
It was bad
They were unfair and harsh. With high tax rates.
Parliament Acts.