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1)The colonists were used to having freedom of religion and from taxation that they strongly opposed the efforts to collect taxes from them by England.
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1)The colonists were used to having freedom of [[religion]] and from taxation that they strongly opposed the efforts to collect taxes from them by England.
    
2) The colonists were taxed at a bad time;they were just recovering from the French and Indian War.
 
2) The colonists were taxed at a bad time;they were just recovering from the French and Indian War.
 
      
 
      
3) Many of the colonists were not of English heritage and they did not see a reason why they should pay taxes to the English.
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3) Many of the colonists were not of [[English]] heritage and they did not see a reason why they should pay taxes to the English.
    
2. The colonists used the phrase "taxation without representation" to point out to the King that they were not represented in the British Parliament because the could not elect anyone who would be making these decisions for them.
 
2. The colonists used the phrase "taxation without representation" to point out to the King that they were not represented in the British Parliament because the could not elect anyone who would be making these decisions for them.
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