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because the british got fed up with the colinest and yeah by
note 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 below
New Answer: February 11, 2009
1.) 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 sugar
3.) The British had the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act.
STAMP ACT = every written document now had a tax
SUGAR ACT = this was to stop colonists from smuggling goods (mostly and other foods)
4.) Eventually, the Colonists got really pissed off.
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the revenues fromt the taxation would go to support British officials and judges in America
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the British levied too many taxes on them.
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