"Replacing one tax law with another only made the colonists angrier. The taxes were very small, and they were meant to help the colonists. As long as the colonists paid their small taxes, Britain would provide defense for them." 1) So, WHY was there so much anger towards these small taxes?
2) what does the above quote mean?
3) how does our current system of government today ensure that we have at least some say in the taxes we pay?

1. They got angry because they believed they shouldn't have to pay taxes put in place by the British government and not their colonial government.

2. "Above-quoted definitions  

Quoted before in the prior portion of the text. adjective" -Yourdictionary.com

3. The Census is a survey which allows residents of the US to have an input on where funds are directed this happens every ten years. (this is how we decide tax)(there's more but this is the most notable one)

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]