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The taxes were to help pay for the French and Indian war. They reasoned that they were protecting the colonists and the colonists were English subjects so they should help pay for the war.
The colonists resorted to smuggling goods and other materials instead of paying the taxes.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
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Yes, there were many taxes imposed on the American colonies by the British Empire.
1765 The Stamp ActBoycotting taxed products deprived the Crown of the intended revenue.
the stamp act was most succeful
General Thomas Gage became the new governor of Massachusetts. The British hoped that these steps would bring back order in the colonies. Boycotting taxed products deprived the Crown of the intended revenue.
General Thomas Gage became the new governor of Massachusetts. The British hoped that these steps would bring back order in the colonies. Boycotting taxed products deprived the Crown of the intended revenue.
By boycotting the taxed products, Colonists deprived the Crown of the intended revenue.
Boycott - colonists stopped buying British products; it was the most successful of the protests because the British repealed the taxes when the colonists boycotted.
General Thomas Gage became the new governor of Massachusetts. The British hoped that these steps would bring back order in the colonies. Boycotting taxed products deprived the Crown of the intended revenue.
The colonists started boycotting, tarring and feathering tax collectors, and using cartoons/speeches/pamphlets as ways to protest the taxes.
Colonists paid a disproportionate share of taxes.
They are protesting because the rich people rarely pay taxes and the banks are raising fees.
Colonists protested against taxes on goods in a few ways; some were peaceful, others weren't. The most famous example of a tax protest was the Boston Tea Party, but there were other ways of protesting. Colonists wrote letters to their local newspapers, boycotted goods, smuggled, petitioned Parliament and Royal governors, tarred and feathered the tax men, etc.
Colonists protested taxes passed by parliament because colonists had NO representatives in parliament