Lord North, prime minister of England didn`t agree that men where born equal.
Most of the Britons and wealthy men agreed with Lord North. Also people in colonies.
This brought a Civil war!! British Constitution wasn`t a official document only the copilations of the law and thought.
Legal Charter and Ilegal.
The assembly will held the salaries.
British officials hoped to tax the colonies and use the money to pay governments so they could win control.
The judges also where being passed by them.
The protest alarmed the colonist ( cherished their liberty).
Members of the parliament thought they represented all the british and England.
But their were no colonist in the parliament so they weren`t represnted.
Taxation Without Representation
The difference became a problem when the parliament was leving taxes to colonist. Colonist believed that their own elected officials had the right to tax them.
- The colonist rights had been spell out in a formal document.
- 2 royal charters: Maryland, South Carolina.
- 2/3 of colonial men had requirements to vote.
- In Britain only 1/4 were weified to vote.
- In 1760 political upveaval had allowed the elective colonial assembly to increase their powers at expense of governors upheaval disturbance usually in protest.
The assembly will held the salaries.
British officials hoped to tax the colonies and use the money to pay governments so they could win control.
The judges also where being passed by them.
The protest alarmed the colonist ( cherished their liberty).
Members of the parliament thought they represented all the british and England.
But their were no colonist in the parliament so they weren`t represnted.
Taxation Without Representation
The difference became a problem when the parliament was leving taxes to colonist. Colonist believed that their own elected officials had the right to tax them.
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