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Why did the stamp act upset the American colonists?

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


Why did the colonists oppose English taxes?

American colonists objected to British taxes because the colonists had no vote on the taxes and no representation in the British parliament. The colonists' catchphrase for protests was "taxation without representation", because they were being taxed without representation in the parliament and that's why they were mad.


List 4 reasons why british colonists relations deteriote?

because the british got fed up with the colinest and yeah bynote from new answerer: the British DID NOT get fed up with the Colonists. The colonists got fed up with the british. Because of said reasons belowNew Answer: February 11, 20091.) Because the British kept giving taxes to the Colonists. They treated the Colonists like a "money tree". So everytime the British needed money, they just took some from the Colonists.2.) Colonists began smuggling in sugar3.) The British had the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act.STAMP ACT = every written document now had a taxSUGAR ACT = this was to stop colonists from smuggling goods (mostly and other foods)4.) Eventually, the Colonists got really pissed off.


What did the British do to keep colonists from moving westward?

The proclomation of 1763 prevented the colonists from moving west because of the probabilty of Indian attack


What is a example of the Proclamation of 1763?

the colonists couldn't move west of the Appalachian mountains, because the British were concerned about pacifying the Natives, but the colonists thought they were entitled to the land

Related Questions

Why did British feel they had to tax colonists?

Because it is like a mother and daughter relationship. The British had control over the colonists for a long time. The British did kinda baby them for a while , then British turned. And the colonists was like what is going on; and the British wanted to control the colonists and the colonists had enough so the wanted to rebel. So to answer the question , because the British felt like they were in control because they kinda took the colonists under there wing.


What was the term applied by the british to the colonists?

The colonists called the British soldiers Red Coats. This is because of the uniforms they wore, which were red. The British called the colonists Yankees.


Why did the british soldiers kill colonists in the Boston massacre?

Because the British soldiers hated the colonists' guts.


What did colonists do to protect british rule?

I think you are confused because it was not up to the colonists to protect British rule. It was up to the British forces.


Why did the colonists believe that they did not have to pay British taxes?

They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all


Why did the stamp act upset the American colonists?

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


Why did the colonists oppose English taxes?

American colonists objected to British taxes because the colonists had no vote on the taxes and no representation in the British parliament. The colonists' catchphrase for protests was "taxation without representation", because they were being taxed without representation in the parliament and that's why they were mad.


Why were the colonists and the British unable to compromise and settle their differences?

The british wanted to control everything. They didn't care what the colonists wanted. The colonists on The other hand decided "hey we had this land first, why not make it our own?" This angered the british and caused a war. The countries no longer liked eachother(:


Why did the British want to collect taxes from the American colonists?

Because


Do you believe the british has the right to tax the colonists?

no because they are not allowed to do that


Were the Acadians accepted by the British colonists?

No the acadians were not accepted by the British colonists in America because they were foreign, but some made their way to Louisiana where the French did accept them.


Why was it the American Revolutionary war?

because the American colonists gained independence from the British. other countries also had revolutionary wars to gain independence such as Mexico, Ghana, and Cameroon.