Colonists were frustrated because they were being taxed and forced to pay money to someone who ultimately did not include them in national decisions. They felt that if they were going to be taxed, they should have representation in the English Parliament. They protested this in a number of ways; boycotts, the Boston Tea Party, and physical assault of British who came to collect their taxes. The most common of these assaults were being tarred and feathered. Tensions rose and eventually violence broke out between the British and the colonists.