Why did the colonists resist the new taxes imposed on them?

They didn’t receive any benefit from the French and Indian War.

They were not represented by the government that was taxing them.

They preferred to be French citizens instead of British citizens.

They argued that colonists should never have to pay taxes.

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.