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title: "Why were colonists outraged by the taxes and who did they believe had the right to levy taxes?"  
description: "Why were colonists outraged by the taxes and who did they believe had the right to levy taxes?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42772/why-were-colonists-outraged-by-the-taxes-and-who-did-they-believe-had-the-right-to-levy-taxes  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why were colonists outraged by the taxes and who did they believe had the right to levy taxes?

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