the actions the colonist decided to boycott tea.
They were unfair and harsh. With high tax rates.
The Intolerable act, Proclamation of 1773, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party.
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Colonists in America became increasingly angry with King George III and the English Parliament in the years before the Revolutionary War. Much of this anger was caused because the colonists were given no representation in the government regarding issues such as taxation. Parliament passed many laws taxing the colonies without their agreement and these taxes became very burdensome.
British laws that affected the colonies were made by the King and the British Parliament. The colonists had no voice in the laws.
It was bad
It was bad
The American colonies were British and followed British law. British law was passed by the British Parliament.
They were unfair and harsh. With high tax rates.
it made the colonists listen to them
The American colonies were British and followed British law. British law was passed by the British Parliament.
The Intolerable act, Proclamation of 1773, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party.
The colonists felt that the tax laws should be passed only by their colonial representation. "No taxation without representation" became a rallying cry of the colonists.
With the aim of punishing rebellious colonists for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed a series of laws known as the Coercive Acts in 1774.
The body of laws passed by parliament are referred to as Acts of parliament. Such laws have to be assented by the president before they take effect.
Limited in as much as laws passed by British Parliament can be superseded by laws passed by the European Parliament.
No taxation without representation was one of the main causes of the American Revolution. The colonists believed they were not directly represented in the British Parliament and that any laws passed by the British Parliament were illegal under the Bill of Rights.