How Did England Have Directly Taxed The Colonies

We Americans are tired of being treated like ill-behaved children and now want our independence from England. We were English citizens and proved our loyalty to England during the French & Indian War. Tens of thousands of American colonists fought alongside British soldiers to defeat the French and their allies. How did the British reward our loyalty: by seizing all the French lands and refusing American colonists to move west in the Proclamation of 1763? After the war, England needed money to pay its debts and tried to impose unfair taxes, including the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts and Tea Act, on Americans. England had never directly taxed the colonies before because it was against British law since the American colonies were not represented

Americans already supported England through the use of the mercantile system. England had never directly taxed the colonies because it would violate British law which stated that only persons represented in Parliament could be taxed. In 1765, the Stamp Act, a direct internal tax, was placed on American goods. Americans strongly objected to this tax because we were not represented in Parliament and therefore had no control or voice in these decisions. England never tried to understand our position but instead issued more taxes, including the Townshend and Tea Acts, without our

We want our rights and will declare independence from any government that does not guarantee those rights. We have proved ourselves worthy on the fields of battle and are not afraid of the British Army. We will pay taxes but to our own colonial governments to fight the tyranny of the British government.

The American “patriots” are nothing but spoiled children. England, the mother country, has for years dealt with the American colonists as a fair and loving parent. England provides protection of the American colonists from its enemies (France/Spain/Native-Americans) by its large navy and the stationing of over 10,000 troops in America. England also helps America economically by protecting American goods and supplies from foreign competition. Lastly, American colonists are British citizens and are treated as Englishman with all the rights and responsibilities that