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In a nutshell, they were angry because they had no direct representation in the British Government. Taxation without representation!

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The Tea Act, the Boston Port Acts ("intolerable acts") the Quartering acts, the stamp act, the sugar act all angered the people who were the rebals at the time.

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The taxes imposed by Britain angered the colonists because the colonists were a separate union and Britain had no right to place taxes.

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because they gave new taxes to the colonists

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They thought it was unfair how they had to pay more taxes than people living in Britain.

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The tax upset the colonists because the British taxed them without their consent. Also the Coercive acts were too harsh.

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Some British colonists were upset, because they were imposed a tax without their voice in the British Parliament.


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