The Colonists rights were being violated by Great Britains idea of virtual

representation to pass laws. I have evidence that the colonists had no representatives in
Parliamenxt. For this reason, they argued Parliament had no right to tax them because
they were not represented in the assembly. In 1689, Prince William and his wife Mary
took the crown under the condition of agreeing to The English Bill of Rights, a list a laws
to be followed. One of the laws is that Parliament is needed to pass any and all laws.
However, the colonists had no physical representation in the assembly, and because of
this, the colonists felt they could not be taxed, and rebelled in defense of their rights
being violated. The colonists caused events like the Boston Tea Party, and the Boston
Massacre in anger of the new (and somewhat illegal) laws the Parliament made. The
Parliament realized that the damage the colonists had done was massive, and took away
the laws in result. This shows that the colonist had a reason to rebel, and werent being
unreasonable. In conclusion, the colonists had the right and authority to rebel against the
British.