yes... what exactly is the question?
Are you asking about taxation without representation?
1819
The British were imposing very high taxes on the American colonists after 1763. They saw the money that could be raised on taxing the colonists as a way to recover money spent on the French and Indian War that brought their country financial hardship. Without the American colonists having representation in Parliament there was very little the colonists could do to contest these high rates of taxes.
Whately felt that the American colonists should be willing to pay higher taxes to parliament. He thought American's should be happy to pay for the protections Britain had provided to them.
tea act
he wanted to take britains taxes
taxes
1819
London
During the american revolution the colonists regulated trade and taxes since the American Revolution was precipitated.
Because
American Colonists
Yes, there were many taxes imposed on the American colonies by the British Empire.
American colonists thought British taxes were unfair.
Colonists were smuggling and they wanted to teach them a lesson.
The British raised taxes in the American colonies to pay for the fighting of the French and Indian war. They also expected colonists to pay for their own defense from the continued threat of Indians. Colonists were outraged by the taxes, and some began to organize protests
American colonists opposed paying British taxes primarily because they believed it violated their rights as Englishmen, particularly the principle of "no taxation without representation." They argued that since they had no representatives in the British Parliament, it was unjust for them to be taxed by a government in which they had no voice. Additionally, many colonists viewed these taxes as efforts by Britain to exert control over their economic activities and limit their autonomy. This growing resentment contributed to the revolutionary sentiment that ultimately led to the American Revolution.
Most Americans hate having to pay taxes. American colonists revolted because of British taxes.