I world say the answer is between 400 and 200 BCE
The colonists opposed the taxes imposed after the French and Indian War
because they claimed that since the colonies had no representation in
parliament, Parliament had no right to tax them.The British
parliament was of the opinion that this was the
way they could cover the cost of the French and Indian War. This
actually was
the basis for a greater revolution among the colonists in the later
stages.
Answer:
Abraham Lincoln became the United States' 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863. ... Lincoln thought secession illegal, and was willing to use force to defend Federal law and the Union.