At best am oversimplification and at worst a fabrication.
“No taxation….” “Without representation….” That’s the second part to that common slogan. That “representation” part is often misunderstood as well- it isn’t like- “what the taxes represent” as in the taxes needed to make sense, it was that the colonists didn’t have any seats in British government.
So unlike other parts of the (predominantly white) empire, there wasn’t anyone from the colonies getting to live the sick life of being noble and getting to speak for their lands.
The (rich) colonists were pissed because they were making bank for the empire and paying (generally low) taxes but they couldn’t be the “Lord of New Jersey” or whatever and go play in the circle of powerful nobility and improve their standing in the court. And some folks were mad since they just saw it was insulting that (white) people didn’t get to vote because it made America “no better” than the (browner) colonies.
In England at the time there had been a movement for some time towards democracy. The name “Oliver Cromwell” should be familiar to most who know their history of Britain- but if not look it up. He died long before all this, but he was a major figure in trying to end royal rule. So rubber to road, the Brits didn’t want to give the American colonies representatives in government because they figured that would be the nail in the coffin of royal rule and tip things into democracy. There were also concerns about how other colonies might react to America being given representation. There were more factors as well.
Skipping ahead though- The founders of the United States by and large had no problem with taxes or even in Paying taxes to the government. They just wanted a voice and the best and only way asides war to try and get it through to the Brits that they should play ball was to mess With the lucrative profits coming
Out of the colonies.
“No taxation….” “Without representation….” That’s the second part to that common slogan. That “representation” part is often misunderstood as well- it isn’t like- “what the taxes represent” as in the taxes needed to make sense, it was that the colonists didn’t have any seats in British government.
So unlike other parts of the (predominantly white) empire, there wasn’t anyone from the colonies getting to live the sick life of being noble and getting to speak for their lands.
The (rich) colonists were pissed because they were making bank for the empire and paying (generally low) taxes but they couldn’t be the “Lord of New Jersey” or whatever and go play in the circle of powerful nobility and improve their standing in the court. And some folks were mad since they just saw it was insulting that (white) people didn’t get to vote because it made America “no better” than the (browner) colonies.
Skipping ahead though- The founders of the United States by and large had no problem with taxes or even in Paying taxes to the government. They just wanted a voice and the best and only way asides war to try and get it through to the Brits that they should play ball was to mess With the lucrative profits coming
Out of the colonies.