Why did the colonists feel they weren't being treated fairly?

The colonists felt that the British weren’t treating them fairly. The colonists were very concerned about the tax laws that were being passed. The colonists were upset that the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts without the colonists having representatives in Parliament to speak about and to vote on these proposed laws. In Great Britain, citizens have representatives that can vote on proposed taxes. The colonists were British citizens, yet they...

The colonists felt that the British weren’t treating them fairly. The colonists were very concerned about the tax laws that were being passed. The colonists were upset that the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts without the colonists having representatives in Parliament to speak about and to vote on these proposed laws. In Great Britain, citizens have representatives that can vote on proposed taxes. The colonists were British citizens, yet they didn’t have representatives in Parliament that could vote on these proposed tax laws.

The colonists felt the British weren’t being fair to them by passing the Proclamation of 1763. The colonists wanted to own land. They saw the land the British got from France as a result of winning the French and Indian War as a great opportunity to get land. This law prevented that from happening since the colonists were prevented from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. To make matters worse, the British required the colonists to providing housing for the British troops that were enforcing this unpopular law.

The Boston Massacre also upset the colonists. The colonists didn’t like the way the British soldiers were treating them. When the British soldiers fired shots and killed five colonists, the colonists were very concerned. As time went on, relations became more strained between the colonists and the British.