The British wanted to tax the Americans because they wanted to give money to the king and make Britain richer.
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They wanted to show that it still had the right to collect taxes in America.
Lord North was the British Prime Minister who led parliament during the American Revolutionary war. He led Parliament in enacting the hated Stamp Tax, and later, the famous tax on tea.
The tea tax happened in 1773!!!
In june 1767 parliament passed the Townshend acts, which placed duties on impoerted glass, lead, paints ,paper, and tea
1. Parliament prevented westward movement through the Proclamation of 1763. 2. Parliament restricted trade through the Navigations Acts, which was the codification of mercantilism. 3. Parliament passed the Stamp act to pay for British troops stationed in the Americas. 4. It passed the Townsend duties, which included the tea tax. All other Acts of Parliament were in response to American Actions, such as the Boston Tea Party.