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.
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The Boston Tea Party.
They did not elect members to Parliament and so believed Parliament had no right to tax them.
The British changed their economic and political policies towards the colonists from 1763 to 1775 because of the rebellion shown by the colonists. The British tried to impose their financial burden due to British wars on the colonists via various ways including taxes but the colonists rebelled.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all