Question

Why did the colonies resist British control?

A. The colonists believed Great Britain was violating their natural rights because the British imposed taxes on the colonies without the colonies having a say ("no taxation without representation!").

B. The Sons of Liberty showed that resistance against the British could be successful by winning the "Boston Massacre."

C. The colonists felt that Great Britain had abandoned them in the Seven Years War.

D. The British government required that American colonists only buy British goods.

Answer 1

A: Taxes

Step-by-step explanation:

Britain needed money to pay for its war debts. The

King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the

colonies. They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the

colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War. These taxes

included the Stamp Act, passed in 1765, which required the use

of special paper bearing an embossed tax stamp for all legal

documents. Other laws, such as the Townsend Acts, passed in 1767, required

the colonists to pay taxes on imported goods like

tea. 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.