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1. People cannot afford trade if they are giving all their money to the government

a. less money to spend causes less trade

2. Peope were being taxed for things they didn't know of

a. Document #7 - Royal Commissioners Narrative, Petition of grievances from the citizens of Isle of wight County to the royal commisioners
- "We desire to know for what we do pay our levies every year [.]

b. Document #10

c. Document #19-
"that it has been custom of country courts at the laying of the levy to withdraw into a private room by which means the poor people not knowing for what they paid their levy did always [wonder] how their taxes could be so high.

3. The people were getting taxed more than the rich

a. Document #7

b. Document #19 -
"the great quantities of tobacco was levied upon the poor inhabitants of this colony for the building of houses at james city which were not habitable by reason [of their not being] finished"