13 Colonies Injustice

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Throughout the thirteen colonies not many issues occurred until the abuse pressed upon them by their British brethren across the seas. Once the British started imposing the following taxes: Sugar, Stamp, Townshend, Tea, and Quartering Acts, the colonies blatantly refused due to the fact that they (the colonist) had equal rights to British common-law rights. Thus, the phrase “no taxation without representation” was uttered from the lips of masses within the colonies. In order to establish themselves as independent, the thirteen colonies “drew deep inspiration from Enlightenment political thought,” which consisted of freedom, equality and popular sovereignty. Eventually a treaty was established between the thirteen colonies and Britain during

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