Colonists fight for freedom

What is the colonies purpose in revolting against the British? A long string of events lead up to the eventual revolt. Taxes were the main problem that the colonies wanted to be addressed. Many goods such as lead, paper, paint, and tea were taxed. Eventually, sugar was also taxed. This caused the colonists to become furious. The colonists began boycotting the British goods due to the taxes. The colonists also felt as if they weren't being treated as well as they ought to be. After dealing with the angry colonists the sugar act was repealed. After the repeal of the sugar act, the stamp act was set in place which still taxed paper, documents, and required everything to be stamped. This infuriated the colonists yet again as they went after the British merchants and even went as far as assaulting them. Later on the creation of the stamp act congress occurred. Their main objective was to put an end to the taxes that the stamp act brought along. This lead to the Declaration of Rights. This declaration helped support claims that the British did not have the right to tax the colonists without representation.The colonists kept fighting until they received what they had been wanting, the Declaration Act. This act repealed the Stamp Act. The colonists continued to boycott all items that had taxes placed on them. The British had no other choice but to repeal the remaining taxes. The tax on tea was now the lone tax.The colonists didn't stop fighting, on December 16,1773 342 boxes of tea were thrown overboard into the sea. The colonists had finally made their point clear.