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Part was for profit, part was to help run and defend the colonies, and part was to repay war debts (there were many wars between when the land was first settled and when the Revolution took place).
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Why did Britain send money and men to fight in the colonies?
so it decided to tax the colonists.
Why did the British government decided to tax the British colonies?
because they wanted to dont ask questions nomore
Americans fought the war because of unfair taxes?
Actually American colonists paid considerably less in tax than people in England did. The real issue was the lack of representation for American concerns in the British government. When the British refused to give the Americas colonists representation the Americans' decided they had to beocome independent and take care of themselves.
What were the goals of the stamp act and what did it accomplish?
It was supposed to increase the tax revenue of the British Government by levying a tax on the tea shipped to the American Colonists. We all know how that turned out, don't we?
Why did the colonists think the stamp act ignored the colonial traditions of self government?
it placed a tax on almost all printed material
Who payed for the French and Indian War?
The British government entill the king decided to tax the colonists.
What did many colonists do about the tax on importing goods?
many colonists decided to boycott from Another Country
What did many colonists do about the tax imported goods?
many colonists decided to boycott from Another Country
Why did many colonists believe that the British Parliament's attempts to tax them were against their right?
colonists believed that since the government had no representative they had no right to tax them. Their rallying cry was "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!"
Why did British government place taxes on the colonists?
They were fighting a war called the Seven Year's war with France and were running out of cash. So they decided to tax people who they couldn't see.
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".
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.
Did England have the right to tax the colonies or not define your answer?
Yes. The British government needed help to pay for the French and Indian War which they helped the colonists fight. The colonists should have helped pay for their war. Besides at this time colonists were still British officials. The government had every right to tax them.
Why did many colonistsfeel that the british government had no right to tax them?
Because the colonists weren't represented in the British government thus "no taxation with out representation!"
Which act passed by the british government the the colonists had to pay a tax on all printed materials?
Stamp Act
Why were the Americans upset with the British?
The American colonists were upset because the British government started to tax the Americans.
