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The taxes were to help pay for the French and Indian war. They reasoned that they were protecting the colonists and the colonists were English subjects so they should help pay for the war.
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.
The British changed their economic and political policies towards the colonists from 1763 to 1775 because of the rebellion shown by the colonists. The British tried to impose their financial burden due to British wars on the colonists via various ways including taxes but the colonists rebelled.
The British had just fought a war with France, in the French and Indian war. They were in debt. They reasoned that if they defend the colonies from the French and Indians, then maybe we should help pay a little of the debt. Did you know that citizens in England ALWAYS paid more taxes than the colonists?
The _______ gave Congress the power to impose an income tax on the American people.