Answer to Question #210908 in History for elias

Question

Why did many American colonists disagree with British taxes placed on them between 1765 and 1770? What sorts of ways did they express their displeasure with these taxes? In your response, include specific taxes and laws as examples.

Answer 1

Many colonies thought they should not pay these taxes since they were imposed by Parliament in England, not their own colonial administrations. They objected, claiming that the levies infringed on their rights as British citizens. The colonists began to rebel by boycotting or refusing to purchase British products.

The colonists employed three tactics to resist British taxes: intellectual protest, economic boycotts, and physical intimidation.

Example The Stamp Act Congress approved a "Declaration of Rights and Grievances," which asserted that American colonists were equal to all other British subjects, opposed taxation without representation, and maintained that Parliament could not tax colonies without colonial representation in Parliament.