Colonists felt the increased taxes in the 1760s violated which document?
a) the virginia declaration of rights
b) the mayflower compact
c) the english bill of rights
d) common sense

The correct answer is C) the English Bill of Rights.

Colonists felt the increased taxes in the 1760s violated the English Bill of Rights.

After deposing King Kames II, William III and Mary II signed the English Bill of Rights, a document that stated some civil rights for the English and gave power to the British Parliament.

Colonists in the Americas considered that heavy taxation imposed by the British represented a violation of the English Bill of Rights and the worst part was that colonists did not have a voice or representation in the British Parliament. These taxes represented a big cause in the American independence movement that started the Revolutionary War.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.

in the declaration of independence, thomas jefferson announced that every human being has “certain unalienable rights,” among which are those to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of " hope i