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The colonist were justified because they were being taxed, they were denied rights, and they had no privacy.

The colonist were taxed on many things. They had the stamp act, meaning they were taxed on paper. They had the tea act, meaning they had to pay on tea. The tea act led to an event called the Boston Tea Party, this is a big role in the decision to declare Independence. They also had the sugar act, paying for sugar. They were also taxed on molasses, glass, lead, and paint.

The colonist were denied rights. The British were quartering troops in the colonist land. All the people are supposed to be equal, as said in the “Declaration of Independance”. The king doesn’t have anything over the colonist, why is he so important? With freedom the

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