Sorry, no. The power to levy taxes lay with parliament not the king, even in the eighteenth century. The English had executed a king for overstepping that boundary over a hundred years earlier. This is pure American fantasy.
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And if I'm not very much mistanken, the tariffs levied on the colonies were at least in part motivated by paying for the defense of the colonies, particularily in the aftermath of the French and Indian war?
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Yes, that’s my understanding too.
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Tell us more about this second bit.
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Yes please!
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The English Civil War, 1642-1651, Parliamentarians versus Royalists. Americans even took part. The Royalists lost, King Charles I was tried for his crimes, leading to his beheading Jan 30th 1649. Afterwards, from 1649 to 1660, the UK was a Republic. The Monarchy was restored in 1660.
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