There are several possible reasons. Perhaps the most prominent is that they were scared of the colonists. They were set apart from their home government and had many more opportunities to grow unhappy with Parliament. Taxes were intended to break their spirit and help "keep them in line". Evidently, that didn't work out real well.
The Stamp Act was passed in 1765 by the British Parliament and was the first to direct tax the colonies.
The Stamp Act was passed in 1765 by the British Parliament and was the first to direct tax the colonies.
British Parliament and King George III
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act
The colonists felt that the British government had no right to tax them because there were not any representatives of the colonies in the British Parliament. The colonies had no say in how much the taxes should be or what they should pay for. They didn't think this was fair.
Declaratory Act 1766
Anger over the Stamp Act caused the colonies to grow displeased with the British Parliament. Patrick Henry spoke out against the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses. He thought it was not fair that the British Parliament had imposed this tax. He thought only the colonial assemblies should have the power to tax. The colonies' anger with the British Parliament eventually led to the American Revolution.
The British Parliament was taxing the colonies. The colonies had no representation in the Parliament.
Parliament could not effectively tax and control the colonies.
which group wrote to the king that parliament did not have the right to tax the colonies was the stamp act congress