Read the four statements below. Which two statements BEST explain why the colonists opposed the new taxes imposed on them after the French and Indian War? >1. They were not represented in the British Parliament.

>2. They already paid higher tax rates than British citizens in England.

>3. They had risked their lives and property to fight for the British during the war.

>4. They thought the British should send troops without asking the colonists to pay for them

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.

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