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Why did the colonists rebel against all of the British taxes and feel as if they were unjustified?

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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. The colonists started to resist by boycotting, or not buying, British goods.
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The colonists felt that they did not get a say in parliament

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The colonists felt that the taxes levied against them were unjustified because they had no representatives in parliament and felt they didn't get a say on whether the taxes were justified or not

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