British Taxes
Trouble was brewing in the 13 colonies, the Parliament was passing taxes and laws which made colonists upset. There was the Sugar Act in 1764 and then the Stamp Act the year after. These laws were so that Great Britain could get money from the colonists. The reason why these laws were made was because of the French and Indian war. The war left Great Britain in debt; so Parliament decided that it was right to tax American colonists so that they could help pay for the bills of the war. The colonists felt that since they did not take part in voting for members of Parliament in England they were not represented in Parliament. So Parliament did not have the right to take their money by giving them taxes. "No