The colonists claimed that they were being taxed unfairly and were not given proper representation. These acts and other subsequent taxation policies led to the famous phrase "taxation without representation." The colonists that were making this claim were individuals that were associated with the Sons of Liberty like Samuel Adams and other thinkers of the time like Thomas Paine.
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Although the Second Continental Congress had take on the functions of a central government, it really had no power to do so. The only thing that made Congress a central government was the fact that the necessities of war gave its decisions popular support.
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The colonists hated to be taxed. They wanted their rights as British citizens, and they didn't have them.
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