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The British taxed the colonists primarily to recoup debts incurred during the French and Indian War, which had significantly increased Britain's military presence in North America. Additionally, the British government sought to assert its authority over the colonies and generate revenue to support their administration and defense. The imposition of taxes, such as the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, was also intended to establish a precedent for direct taxation of the colonies, which ultimately fueled resentment and resistance among colonists who believed they should not be taxed without representation in Parliament.
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Why did the colonists fight of british?
The British were taxing the colonists without representation in Parliament.
How did the British government anger the colonists?
Taxing them with out representation.
Why did American colonists want independence for the British?
The British were taxing the colonists for tea and other necessities unfairly. They also would not let the colonists be represented in Britain.
Why did the daughters of liberty boycott the tea?
The Daughters of Liberty boycotted because the British government was taxing the colonists on tea but not the citizens in Britian.
What did they tax on the quartering act?
No, the quartering act is when people in Boston had to share their house with the redcoats.
Why did the colonists fight of british?
The British were taxing the colonists without representation in Parliament.
How have the British people failed the colonists?
By taxing our land, taxing our imported goods and taxing our tea!
Why did the colonists no longer trust the British?
cuz they kept taxing colonists.
How did the British government anger the colonists?
Taxing them with out representation.
Why did American colonists want independence for the British?
The British were taxing the colonists for tea and other necessities unfairly. They also would not let the colonists be represented in Britain.
How did the British react to the Declaratory Act?
they kept taxing the colonists and started saying that the colonists could do nothing about it
When did the colonists dumped the tea?
The colonist dumped tea because the British were taxing them
How did British rule in the colonies fail to fulfill the purpose of government?
the british didnt have the colonists consent to taxing
What were the loyalist taxing the patriots?
The loyalists were'nt taxing the colonists. The British Parliament did. Parliament did this because they needed money to pay for the French and Indian War and to punish the colonists for acts of protests
What war's expenses caused the British to begin taxing the colonists?
The French and Indian War.
Why did the British government decide to begin taxing the American colonists?
They taxed them because the british king wanted the money.
Why did the colonists destroy the British tea?
because the british kept taxing the tea! so the colonists decided too protest, and dump the tea into Boston Harbor
