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After the French and Indian war what changed about the way taxes were collected in the colonies?
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How and why did British Imperial policies change after 1763?
Britain changed its salutary neglect approach toward the colonies because of the debt they had incurred as a result of the French and Indian War. Many in Parliament believed the colonists hadn't paid their fair share of the war costs. As a result, they levied a series of taxes on the colonies, hoping to ease their financial burden.
How did Parliament justify its taxes on the colonies?
They thought that since they had protected the colonies in the french and Indian war, that they had the right to tax them to pay off the debt.
What event left England so heavily in debt that England wanted the American colonies to help pay for it?
The French and Indian war.
Who convinced congress to pay revolutionary war debts?
Alexander Hamilton wanted to pay the Revolutionary War debt. His idea was to tax whiskey which did not go over well with farmers and citizens which caused a rebellion to break out to prevent taxation on whiskey.
What was one of the first British laws placing taxes on the colonies?
To pay for the French and Indian Wars, and to protect the colonies
