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Why did the colonists think that taxation by the British was unfair?

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The colonists think the taxation was unfair because they felt like britain was taking away their natural born rights

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Colonists thought that taxation by the British was unfair because they had no representative in the house to say that it was unfair and cruel, and the British taxed the colonists more than their own state.

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