The American colonists objected to paying taxes to the British government because the colonists had no direct representation in Parliament, as shown in their motto "no taxation without representation".
Explanation:
No taxation without representation is a motto originated between the decades of 1750 and 1760 that collected the complaints of the colonists of the Thirteen Colonies towards the British authorities. Many of the American settlers considered that, since they were not directly represented in the British Parliament, any law that approved the creation of taxes on settlers (such as the Sugar Law or the Stamp Act) was illegal under the Bill of Rights of 1689. This was one of the main causes of the American Revolution. The importance of this principle has been key in the development of constitutional law.
In the long-term the Revolution would also have significant effects on the lives of slaves and free blacksas well as the installation of slavery itself. Its also affected Native Americans by opening up western settlement and creating government hostile to their terriorial claims .
