In the 1760s and 1770s, American colonists believed that British tax increases violated which of the following documents?

Colonists argued that Parliament’s taxes violated their rights as English subjects, especially the principle that taxes should not be imposed without the consent of representatives. The English Bill of Rights affirmed limits on the Crown’s power to raise taxes, making it the best choice; the Virginia Declaration of Rights came later, and Common Sense was a pamphlet, not a rights document.

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