Colonial+America



French and Indian War Animoto



3. "The works of Samuel Johnson" -Supports the British's right to tax the colonists because the colonies were a part of the British empire so therefore they were under British rule and were chargeable by English taxation.

4. "Virtual Representation" - Supports the British's right to tax the colonists because according to Virtual repressentation the Parliament had the interests of the colonies and the empire as whole and they wanted to benefit the whole country not just the colonists. The colonists said "no taxation without representation" however it was a misunderstanding, the colonists did have representatives in Britian but they wanted to have their own people in Britain to be their representatives but Parliament says they don't need because they already //have// repreentatives.

1. "Magna Carta" - The British DO NOT have the right to tax the colonists because it explicitly says the British can't tax people unless everyone agrees.

2. "The Mayflower Compact" - the British's do not have the right to tax the colonists because the pilgrims were the ones who wrote the Mayflower Compact and the Pilgrims came here for freedomso therefore the only people who had the right to tax them was themselves.

5. "British Seven Years War Debt" - Supports the right British's because they were in debt and needed the money.

Stamp Act riots animoto ^ this wasn't working for me, for some reason there are a few slides that won't show up when you play it. I've tried to fix it but it's too aggrevating, If you want to see the whole thing i will log into my animoto account and show you in class.