1. Unfair taxes—Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Proclamation Act, Townshend Acts; ‘virtual’ representation did not satisfy (nor should it) the colonies; they came to the New World for freedom, and England suppressed and taxed them from overseas—they wanted freedom and the American Revolution was inevitable. | 1. Unfair taxes—Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Proclamation Act, Townshend Acts; ‘virtual’ representation did not satisfy (nor should it) the colonies; they came to the New World for freedom, and England suppressed and taxed them from overseas—they wanted freedom and the American Revolution was inevitable. |