Colonists and Tejanos disagreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act on whether the ultimate goal was independence or a return to the Mexican Constitution of 1824 .

Colonists objected Causation to the Tea Act because they believed Know that it violated their rights as Englishmen to `` no taxation without representation '' , that is , to be taxed Commerce_pay only by their own elected Choosing representatives and not by a British parliament in which they were not represented .

Colonists up and down the Thirteen Colonies in turn responded Response to the Intolerable Acts with additional acts Action of protest , and by convening the First Continental Congress , which petitioned the British monarch for repeal Process_end of the acts Action and coordinated colonial resistance Defending to them .