To help pay for the French and Indian war. They needed the money since they were fighting two wars. One in Ireland and the other in the colonies. By the way they didn't raise the tax on tea, but lowered it. American colony smugglers who brought in Dutch tea got upset because the British tea would be cheaper than the Dutch and that would have cut into the profit that the smugglers made.
1819
The Stamp Act was passed by the British government in 1765,and it was a way to impose taxation on the American colonies. The colonies declined to pay taxes to Britain, and subsequent resistance to taxation and British authority triggered the American Revolution.
It was the first direct tax levied on the colonists.
Answer: The British wanted to assert their authority on the colonies by imposing tax on all imports to American colonies.And wanted to clam dominance over the Americans.
help pay Britain's debts resulting from the French and Indian War.
1819
because french and indians got mad
taxes and take control of colonies
The Stamp Act was passed by the British government in 1765,and it was a way to impose taxation on the American colonies. The colonies declined to pay taxes to Britain, and subsequent resistance to taxation and British authority triggered the American Revolution.
impose revenue taxes on the colonies
It was the first direct tax levied on the colonists.
The Revolutionary War was the result of military rebellion between the 13 American colonies and Great Britain. The British tried to impose taxes on the Americans and the Americans did not feel this was fair.
Answer: The British wanted to assert their authority on the colonies by imposing tax on all imports to American colonies.And wanted to clam dominance over the Americans.
help pay Britain's debts resulting from the French and Indian War.
Individual states in the United States are not able to impose their own tariffs, in the conventional sense of taxes on imports or exports. That power is reserved by the Contitution to the Federal government.However, individual states can impose other taxes, such as sales taxes, and some people might also call those tariffs, simply because they are taxes.
A practice that was used by the colonists to hurt British trade was the refusal of British goods that were imported and the export of American goods to Britain. This was in response to the taxation on goods that the British were trying to impose on the colonies.
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