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Why did the british government believe it was necessary to raise taxes on the colonists?
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoBecause they thought that they had more power so they were able to cotrol them:p
The British were deeply in debt as as a result of the Seven Years' War. They felt since the colonists had benefited from their pursuit of the war they thought the colonists should chip in a share.
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∙ 7y agoAt various times the British parliament raised taxes on the 13 American colonies. One highly unpopular raising of taxes was done after the French and Indian War. To help offset the cost of the war, England raised taxes on the colonies.
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∙ 11y agoTo help pay the expenses of the French and Indian War
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Why did the British believe it was necessary to raise taxes for the American colonists?
Colonists were smuggling and they wanted to teach them a lesson.
Which statement describes what the British colonists thought of the British government during the European wars of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Why did many colonists believe that the british parliament to tax them were against their rights?
The colonists believed that since they had no representatives in the English government, That the government had no right to tax them. their rallying cry was" no taxation without representation".
which statement tells what the americans colonists thought of the british government during the later europeans of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Which statements tells what the American colonists thought of the British government during the later European wars of the 1700?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Which statement tells what the American colonists thought of the British government during the later European wars of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
What statement tells what the American colonists thought of the British government during the later European wars of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Why did Jefferson believe the colonists had the right to declare independence?
the decleration states that because the British government had repeatedly taken away the american rights, the american colonists had the right to form a new government.
Why did the colonists believe that they did not have to pay British taxes?
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all
Why did colonists speak out against British government?
I cant
How did the British government anger the colonists?
Taxing them with out representation.
Which contributed the outbreak of the Revolutionary War?
The battlecry was "Taxation without representation". The British government imposed taxes upon the colonists; but the colonists had no say in what was taxed and by how much.
