Yes, they were legitimate because there should be no taxation without representation. Many of the things they were being taxed on were used heavily succh as paper and tea.
From early mornings,
when air is still,
we practice and train,
to survive and kill,
we learn our drill while you're on your grill,
organized in 1778,
when war was great,
we had what we did not love,
but showed no hate,
Baron Friedrich von Steuben,
created this for our discipline and organizement, which had no type of excitement,
but here we are still today,
when air is still,
and mornings are displayed
It was "b. Martha Washington" who provided food and comfort during the winter at Valley Forge, since her husband, George Washington, was the supreme commander of all colonial troops.
He believed the federal judiciary should be able to settle state disputes, override state laws, and provide uniformity to the law.