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Oh honey, let me tell you. The British thought they could squeeze some extra coin out of the colonies with their fancy taxes. But guess what? The colonists weren't having it and revolted like there was no tomorrow. Long story short, the British effort to raise taxes ended up sparking the American Revolution. Oopsie daisy!
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.
Dickinson argues against Parliament's passage of internal colonial taxes by asserting that such taxes violate the principle of no taxation without representation. He contends that since the colonies have no elected representatives in Parliament, they should not be subjected to taxes imposed by it. Dickinson emphasizes that these taxes threaten the rights and liberties of the colonists and undermine their self-governance. He advocates for a fair and just system where the colonies can govern their own taxation.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
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Stamp Act
sugar
Colonists paid a disproportionate share of taxes.
Colonists protested taxes passed by parliament because colonists had NO representatives in parliament
By boycotting the taxed products, Colonists deprived the Crown of the intended revenue.
Oh honey, let me tell you. The British thought they could squeeze some extra coin out of the colonies with their fancy taxes. But guess what? The colonists weren't having it and revolted like there was no tomorrow. Long story short, the British effort to raise taxes ended up sparking the American Revolution. Oopsie daisy!
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.
Dickinson argues against Parliament's passage of internal colonial taxes by asserting that such taxes violate the principle of no taxation without representation. He contends that since the colonies have no elected representatives in Parliament, they should not be subjected to taxes imposed by it. Dickinson emphasizes that these taxes threaten the rights and liberties of the colonists and undermine their self-governance. He advocates for a fair and just system where the colonies can govern their own taxation.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
The colonists did not respond well to British taxes. These colonists were outraged that they were being taxed the way that they were.