jnjaa
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Post by jnjaa on Oct 21, 2010 14:52:18 GMT -5
At this time many Americans did not want full independence. Taxes were raised in the thirteen colonies because of the Colonial wars in England. They wanted more say in their government so they proposed that if they pay more tazes then they be able to have representatives in Westminister. Why did they want representatives in Westminister? The government did not agree to this and the people recieved more taxes and less say in the government. Why didn't the government give the people a little bit more freedom? I learned about taxation without representation in grade 9, they said it so many times and to be honest I didn't really know what the meaning behind it was because I kept hearing "taxation without representation" in my head over and over!  |
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Post by janessa on Oct 21, 2010 21:26:21 GMT -5
I meant to call it No taxation without representation
Oops
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Post by Mr. Delainey on Oct 25, 2010 13:59:58 GMT -5
Why did they want representatives in Westminster?
Americans paid taxes. Taxes are used to build roads, schools, hospitals, etc. etc. If you pay taxes and roads aren't built, if schools aren't built, etc. etc. you start wo wonder who is making the decisions. The Americans wanted to be part of the decision-making process (in Westminster) so that they would have a say as to how the money from America was spent. Ideally, American representatives in Westminster would help persuade and pressure the British into using at least some tax dollars raised in America to help develop American infrastructure.
See the answer I gave to Mark Gjesal about why the British were reluctant to give the Americans representative powers.
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