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Why Britain passed laws to tax colonists?
Britain wanted money.
Why did Britain pass laws to colonist?
They passed laws to tax colonists because they needed money to pay for their growing war debt.
Why did Britain pass harsh laws to the colonists?
Britian passed the new law reffured to as the Intolerable Acts because they needed to pay the militia money. In order to do that they had to tax the colonists.
How did coloists the stamp act?
The colonists felt that Britain had no right to tax the stamps, and they refused to pay the tax.
What is the Stamp Act and how did it affect the colonists?
The Stamp Act was a tax on papers from Britain to the colonies. The colonists were to pay higher taxes in which they did not favor.
Why did the british govermment want to tax the colonists?
they wanted to tax them because they lost tons of money in the french and Indian war.since the British had lost alot of money they wanted colonists to repay them
Why did the great Britain raise taxes on on the American colonist after 1763?
King George III borrowed money from other countries to pay for the Seven Years' War and he needed a way to pay it back, so Prime Minister George Grenville asked Parliament to tax the colonists!
Why didn't the colonists want to pay a tax that they could easily afford?
because they did not have the money to pay the taxes.
What were the reasons for the colonists' response to the Stamp Act?
The colonists did not feel it was fair to pay a tax to Great Britain when they did not have representation in the Parliament of Great Britain. The colonists felt that were being held in bondage to the crown in much the same was as Ireland.
Why Britain needed money to help cover the cost of defending the colonies?
so it decided to tax the colonists.
Why did Britain send money and men to fight in the colonies?
so it decided to tax the colonists.
Which act passed required colonists to pay on tax imports which could only come from Britain?
Townshend act
