i need this for geography. i cant get it and nether can my mom.
2007-01-08 11:19:36 · 5 answers · asked by chad c 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well, the British were the colonial power and they were levying taxes the Bostonians didn't think were fair.
2007-01-08 11:27:10 · answer #1 · answered by ggs1982 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Boston there was a harbor and there was a lot of import and export trade governed by the Brits, they were a bit selfish, they over taxed and without representation. They refused to allow us to be able to import anything from anywhere else, because they wanted to govern all and collect all. In other words no independent trade divisions at all. If you were a merchant all you would get is the tea for instance at a price so high that you would bearly make a penny. The British governing people were basically fed and clothed and lived basically for free. Nobility was given lands and they are not shared with the people at all. The farms suffered from the fact they were housing these people, clothing and feeding them and got nothing in return.
2007-01-08 11:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taxation without representation. The British government charged a tax on tea without allowing the colonists any say in the matter.
Google "Boston Tea Party" for additional information.
2007-01-08 11:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by ambr123 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause the british loved their bloody tea dammit and wanted to have it taxed and all that tiddlywhatwhat tidy ho nonsense. yea the brits made to many taxes and treated the new english people pretty porrly, so obviously we didnt like them.
2007-01-08 11:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by pianoman2011 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because many of them were forced to quarter (feed and shelter) them in their own homes.
Plus they were under the eye of (what they considered) a foreign power.
2007-01-08 11:27:00 · answer #5 · answered by GG Alan Alda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋