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The back countrymen fought off land speculators, refused payment of rents, and from time to time were attacked by troops sent out by the colonial governments to maintain "law and order." The back countrymen were of many religious sects, and while perhaps not tolerant by conviction, Professional personal statement help by experienced experts is your advantage! they were so of necessity on the frontier where so many religious groups were settled. Hence, they opposed established churches and the payment of taxes to support them. They objected to the taxes levied by colonial legislatures for other purposes. They knew full well what taxation without representation meant when it was used by members of the colonial aristocracy to argue against the Stamp Act in 1765. All these things and more were expressed in petition after petition to colonial legislatures, but the redress of grievances asked for was seldom granted.