The Founding Fathers had numerous reasons for rebelling against the British government and declaring independence. The colonists were angered that the British government taxed them without fair representation, quartered large armed troops among them, and took away legal rights in the colonies. Due to the unfair implements and restrictions on the colonies by the British government, the colonies felt that there was no other option than to rebel against the British government and finally declare their independence.

The British government taxed the colonists without fair representation. By way of illustration, the British were creating new taxes to reduce the severe debt they had fallen into due to the French-Indian War. In order to alleviate British debt the parliament thought the colonies should pay the cost of the war and raised taxes in the colonies by taxing sugar, trade, and tea. However, the colonists were not represented in parliament fairly and felt that the taxes violated the English Bill of Rights. Even though many colonists took part in the Boston Tea Party and unloaded gallons of costly taxed tea into the Boston Harbor, the colonists were justified in this act of rebellion because it was their representation of the …show more content…
The Intolerable Acts was a direct result of the Boston Tea Party protest and required the colonists to feed and house British soldiers. The colonists were appalled by this because they were being forced to feed the English soldiers and pay for their housing. The colonists found this to be highly unfair because the colonist founded the land and wanted freedom from King George III. Though this can be seen as a fair punishment due to the Boston Tea Party, the colonists were continuing to be heavily taxed and the housing of English soldiers would only prove to be more costly for