so it decided to tax the colonists.
Actually American colonists paid considerably less in tax than people in England did. The real issue was the lack of representation for American concerns in the British government. When the British refused to give the Americas colonists representation the Americans' decided they had to beocome independent and take care of themselves.
because they wanted to dont ask questions nomore
It was supposed to increase the tax revenue of the British Government by levying a tax on the tea shipped to the American Colonists. We all know how that turned out, don't we?
it placed a tax on almost all printed material
The British government entill the king decided to tax the colonists.
many colonists decided to boycott from Another Country
many colonists decided to boycott from Another Country
colonists believed that since the government had no representative they had no right to tax them. Their rallying cry was "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!"
They were fighting a war called the Seven Year's war with France and were running out of cash. So they decided to tax people who they couldn't see.
The colonists believed that since they had no representatives in the English government, That the government had no right to tax them. their rallying cry was" no taxation without representation".
so it decided to tax the colonists.
so it decided to tax the colonists.
Yes. The British government needed help to pay for the French and Indian War which they helped the colonists fight. The colonists should have helped pay for their war. Besides at this time colonists were still British officials. The government had every right to tax them.
Because the colonists weren't represented in the British government thus "no taxation with out representation!"
Stamp Act
The American colonists were upset because the British government started to tax the Americans.