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1. Why did many colonists believe that the British Parliament did not have the

right to make laws for the 13 colonies?

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The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. ... 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

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American colonists did not have representation in the Parliament therefore they thought British Parliament did not have the right to make laws or tax them. This is where the phrase “no taxation without representation” came from
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