The declaration of independence states freedom, equality, and importantly life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. how did this address the colonists complaints about the laws made by the king?

The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War. ... Other laws, such as the Townsend Acts, passed in Page 2 1767, required the colonists to pay taxes on imported goods like tea.

The answer is the so-called Westmoreland Resolutions (1765), which Lee wrote and signed together with other petitioners at Leedstown, Westmoreland County, Virginia, in order to fiercely oppose the Stamp Act. This Act had been passed by the British Parliament with the goal of imposing a tax on paper that would be paid by American colonists in specie. This infuriated Lee and other colonists, who saw it as a way for the British to get money from them without their consent.