The colonists protested against the Townshend acts. The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. - Google on Ducksters.com
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "believe they had nothing to fear from democracies." <span>Along with the American Neutrality Acts, the appeasement policies in the mid-to-late 1930's of Britain and France caused totalitarian nations to </span><span>b</span><span>elieve they had nothing to fear from democracies.</span>
John Locke believed that if government does not protect natural rights, then "<span>B) it breaks the social contract and people can create a new government", which was a major inspiration for the Founding Fathers of the United States. </span>