If so, the basic difference is that the British government believed that it had the right to tax the colonists under almost any circumstances. By contrast, the colonists felt that the British government had the right to tax them only in very limited circumstances (and perhaps not at all).
How did the British feel about taxes?
The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. Many colonists felt that they should not pay these taxes, because they were passed in England by Parliament, not by their own colonial governments. They protested, saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens.
Why did colonists feel taxes from England were unfair?
The English felt that the colonists should pay taxes because the English government was providing services that the colonists would otherwise have had to do without. The Americans felt the taxes were unfair because they were being imposed by a government in which the colonists had no “voice.”
Why did the British not tax the colonies?
The traditional arrangement was: colonies don’t pay taxes, but are subject to commerce monopoly. Thus, American colonies could only export and import to UK, and not to other nations. First, it would be hard to tax the colonies.
What kind of taxes did the colonists pay?
This means taxes primarily existed on imports of goods and services to the colonies, as well as on the sale of particular products. . . the average tariff worked out to about 10 percent of the value of imports, source Sugar and Molasses Act (1733) taxed colonists at 6 pence a gallon.
How are the American colonists different from the British?
So many differences existed internally among residents of both the colonies and the mother country that it’s difficult to generalize about what distinguished the two peoples from each other.
Why did Britain send troops to the colonies?
Few people in Britain were naïve enough to believe that these former French colonists would suddenly and wholeheartedly embrace British rule with no danger of rebellion, and Britain believed troops would be needed to preserve order.
