The British Parliament was justified in placing new taxes on the colonists because the colonists were now being treated like British citizens, the colonists started the French and Indian War, and they didn’t want the colonists to start any more expensive wars. People in the colonies complained about how they were not being treated like British citizens, but when Britain raised their taxes to those of people living in Britain, the colonists were outraged. This was not an uncalled for circumstance because the colonists’ taxes had been raised in order to pay for the French and Indian War, a war that the colonists had started. Lastly, after winning the French and Indian War, Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 which stated that colonists were
