representative government
The colonists thought that if they had no say in the Parliament, then they should not have to fund it.The Parliament tried 3 different ways to get the colonists to pay the taxes, but the colonists protested, sometimes violently. It got to the point where British troops were deployed to Boston, thus starting the American Revolutionary War.
During its early history, the British Parliament was gathered to discuss legal cases and political issues such as taxation of land.
was elected by the people as a whole
Reforms by the British Parliament included reforms in voting, corrupt practices, the British Navy, and education.
Colonists in early america were taxed by the British Government. The colonists did not think this taxation was fair, because they did not have representation in parliament, the British Government. Imagine being in a colony that recently arrived in the unsettled america, and attempting to found a massive civilization. Then, your friends that sent you here in the first place decide to tax you, take your money that you have little of. And none of your citizens who knew what it was really like to be a colonist were actually representing your colony in parliament, hence the colonists protested. Their protest chant was "No taxation without representation!"
That they were british and they lived in a big house
Jamestown was made in the early 1700's when the British colonists came to what is now Virginia.
The question needs to be more specific and at least indicate which country it is referencing
Why were the early colonists not a book-reading population
The British colonised America and the French colonised Canada. The British beat the French out of Canada with the help of the Canadian native tribes and the American colonists. However, the American colonists then fought for their independence from Britain in the 1770s. The British were helped by the Native American Indians, but eventually the French helped the Americans and the British grated independence to America.
The first British lawmakers were the members of the Parliament of England, which evolved from the early medieval councils of nobles and clergy. The power and influence of Parliament grew over time, culminating in the Magna Carta in 1215, which established the principle of rule of law.
Britain's three Refrom Acts gradually made the country's electoral laws more representative