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How did the Increased taxation without representation cause the American revoulation?

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Taxing people way to much and taxing people that weren’t adults
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The colonists felt as though the British were making decisions about their colony and not including them, which made them upset. Couple this with the end of salutary neglect, and it caused the colonists to become violent and revolt against the taxes and British control.

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