Why did the British tax the colonists?
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The philosophy was that colonies exist solely for the purpose of creating wealth for the mother country. The colonists felt that at least SOME of the wealth they created should be for their own benefit, not ALL for "the crown", hence the armed conflict known as The American Revolution.
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Tea Act\n\n(1773) British legislation giving a tea monopoly in the American colonies to the British East India Co. It adjusted the duty regulations to allow the failing company to sell its large tea surplus below the prices charged by colonial competitors. The act was opposed by colonists as another example of taxation without representation. Resistance to the act resulted in the\nIncident on Dec. 16, 1773, in which American patriots dressed as Indians threw 342 chests of tea from three British ships into Boston Harbour. Their leader was Samuel Adams. The action was taken to prevent the payment of a British-imposed tax on tea and to protest the British monopoly of the colonial tea trade authorized by the Tea Act. In retaliation, Parliament passed the punitive Intolerable Acts, which further united the colonies in their opposition to the British.
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i'm not quite sure what you mean, but america had the revolutionary war to break away from england. because england was basicaly trying to control them and make them pay so many different taxes that they hardly had enough money left for them selfes. also there was a law passed by england that said that they cant settle west of the applaction mouintains. and they had gained alot of land there by defeating the french in a war years before.
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because the government found another way to tax the shit out of the people
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One of the big issues leading up to the war was trade.  At that time, the Southern colonies had a huge market with the British, exporting raw materials to England to be made into finished products (if not sending their products to the northern factories).  A lot of the taxes were levied for imports and exports (which would make sense because the ports were in the northern colonies).  Isn't it odd that southerners love tea and northerners drink lots of coffee?  Some think that the reason Americans love coffee so much, is because we were trying to get away from the British tradition of drinking tea...
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Well, that question is a very broad question, but I can give the general overview.  The newly created government in the 1780's is most likely reffering to the United States Constitution.  This Constitution was created due to the lack of federal rights in the Articles of Confederation.  The Articles did not allow Congress to tax or recieve soldiers from the independent states but rather ask for them.  The Articles were considered weak and they were essentially thrown out.  Whether this was legal or not is debatable.  The British also had a great impact on the Constitution because they "abused" the Americans during the revolution and before the revolution.  The Americans therefore, created the Bill of Rights were granted rights to the common man and the states.  Arguably, most of the Bill of Rights have some sort of connection to what the British had done before and during the revolution such as the Second Amendment.  The Second Amendment states, "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."  Many believe this was a response to the Quartering Act Britain established before the revolution.  Many Enlightenment ideas from Britain (like philsophers from John Locke) and other European countries greatly influenced the American government.  Ideas such as freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and others sparked from Europea.  The ideas of the individual "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" in the Declaration of Independence were derived from John Locke's "Life, Liberty, and Property."  Of course, the framers (of the Constitution) were very intelligent and substituted "property" with "Pursuit of Happiness" because they did not want to debate over owning slaves yet (for that would occur later in the Civil War).
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The Brits drew up the Port Act as punishment. No vessels could enter Boston Harbor. They had to go to Plymouth instead. The British hoped this would destroy Boston as a political center. It didn't work.
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I seem to remember reading that the early American colonists didn't much like the principle of taxation without representation. \n\nThe US role as "the world police" is purely self appointed and purely in the interests of protecting the American Empire, which has at it's heart the protection of the American economy and globalisation.\n\nIf you bother reading a slight amount of world history, you will see that the US used to complain about us Brits doing exactly the thing.
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The intolerable acts. it closed the boston port until the tea was paid for. It also required colonists to house british troops, and gave royal officials more power.
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all settlers were british, britain claimed the new land, eventually taxes got to high, with inflammation and all, so they started rebeling, britain was not about to let its new colony go, so they sent ships (note britain was most powerful in world at the time ). and they tried to control it, but eventually, somebody shot a british soldier, and they got pissed, and started killing everybody.
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The British colony in Massachusetts started because of money. English "gentlement" flocked to the colony in hopes to make a quick buck with cash crops. Some women also came, but the vast majority were men.\n\nOf course, there were many varied (and potentially life-threatening) factors at work once they arrived, but that exceeds the scope of the question.
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To declare our independance from Britain. The Declaration stated the reasons why the thirteen colonies were freeing themselves from British Rule.\nJust read the ideals part of the declaration. It tells u pretty much why in more detail.
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The British were milking America for everything it could get, including high taxes on EVERYTHING, and ruling America like a dictatorship, so the Americans didnt have a say in their own government. \n\nThis led to calls for `no taxation without representation` (ie, some say in their own ruling) which the British rejected.  \n\nSo the colonists revolted.  Those who supported the English went to Canada and those who resisted the English won the war of independence and set up the US constitution.
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The British were at war with the French, and were attacking our shipping in order to prevent the French from conducting any kind of trade. The Americans went to war with England again in order to establish economic independence.
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In the American Revolution the French fought with the Americans against the British.
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The Souther Colonies consisted primariy of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.\n\nColonists wanted gold, land, and resources. The biggest reason however was plantations. Many wanted to reap huge profits from growing a variety of crops including tobacco and cotton. Georgia was a colony where English debtors were sent. Though it always acted as a "buffer" between the English and Spanish (Florida).
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The European people escaped the old country to the land of the great wilderness to become colonists in order to avoid endentured servitude, oppression, and persecution.  As the hand of mighty England reached across the waters into the new land of the colonies, they forced the same tyranny upon the people of the colonies that they had previously faced in the old country of England.  Then, as taxations and other tariffs were forced upon the colonists, the pressure built until it exploded.  With a militia force that was knowledged of the way of the land, they were able to conquer the mighty and arrogant English into submission.