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∙ 13y agoThey thought that it was unfair because the tax was too high and the colonists were unable to afford it, they had thought the laws were unfair because England was trying to control them. the colonists wanted independence and were not going to pay the unfair tax on everything.
taxation but no representation e.g. vote or voice
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∙ 12y agoit wasn't the unfair Idea that worried them, it was the idea of taxation without representation.
They didnt think it was unfairly it was just that they didnt get to speak out of what they wanted
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∙ 11y agoIt wasn't so much the matter of taxation as it was the lack of representation in Parliament. Colonists were being ruled from across the ocean with no say whatsoever in matters which affected them directly. This was a source of discontent from a number of colonies - not just America.
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∙ 10y agoColonists thought the taxes were unfair because they kept rising and they had no say in this. The colonists thought Britain was just trying to use them.
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∙ 10y agoBecause the government put taxes on everything such as tea, stamps, and other goods
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∙ 13y agoThe reason that they thought that it was unfair was because they had no say in Parliament. That's why people get the saying " No taxation without representation!"
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∙ 13y agoThey were unhappy because the colonists had no reprensentatives in Parliament and didn't like being taxed without having a say in their affairs
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∙ 10y agoIt was taxation without representation. They had to pay the taxes, but they had no say in the government.
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∙ 13y agoIntolerable Acts.
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American colonists thought British taxes were unfair.
The American colonists did not have a say in the laws and taxes, so they felt it was unfair to have them imposed. The American Revolutionary War began in 1775.
American colonists thought British taxes were unfair.
Most notably, the British imposed many extremely unfair taxes onto the people, forcing them to pay extra for essentials. This was mostly used to support the British troops that were stationed in America, which the colonists thought extremely unnecessary due to the lack of major threats.
It affected the colonists' trade towards other parts of the world, it made them pay high taxes on tea, sugar and any document that was written on paper. It also had colonists' quartering British troops. Most laws were unfair to the colonists'.
American colonists thought British taxes were unfair.
The American colonists did not have a say in the laws and taxes, so they felt it was unfair to have them imposed. The American Revolutionary War began in 1775.
After 1763, the British imposed unfair taxes on the colonists. They colonists began to feel that they were being exploited by Britain.
American colonists thought British taxes were unfair.
Intolerable acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were a series of laws imposed by the British government on the American colonies in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. The acts were seen as oppressive and unfair by the colonists and further fueled tensions that eventually led to the American Revolutionary War.
it is unfair because the colonists couldn't speak up for themselves because they were scared that if they did the British solders would try to harm them
It was taxex for tea
The colonists felt British taxation was unfair. They were forced to pay taxes, but received basically nothing in return. Due to the colonists wanting something for their money, the phrase "taxation without representation" was coined. American colonists demanded representatives in England.
The Great Britain Parliament had imposed high rates of taxes on the American colonists for goods that they were supplying to America. The Americans realized that without having representation in Parliament they were defenseless against these high rates of taxes. This caused them to rebel against the unfair taxation in 1776.
All colonists would have had a grievance against the British government by April 1775. This was due to the invasions that the British troops conducted, the unfair taxation on products needed by the colonists, and other such unfair treatment that the British were passing to these people.
Most notably, the British imposed many extremely unfair taxes onto the people, forcing them to pay extra for essentials. This was mostly used to support the British troops that were stationed in America, which the colonists thought extremely unnecessary due to the lack of major threats.
That would be a true statement. However it is worth noting that 'unfair taxes' depends on the point of view-the British needed American taxes in order to help finance their wars in Europe, while the Colonists were viewing themselves more as "Americans" and opposed to "Englishmen." These feeling came to a boiling point during the violent demonstration known as the Boston Tea Party (16 December 1773), that helped the Colonists to understand their only remedy to the problem was independence.