SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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creating one government for the colonies
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paying back the war debt
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fighting the Native Americans or order to settle in the Ohio River Valley
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1765, parliament passed the Stamp Act to help pay down the war debt and finance the British army’s presence in the Americas. It was the first internal tax directly levied on American colonists by parliament and was met with strong resistance.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the 1763 Treaty of Paris that ended the French and Indian War (or the Seven Years’ War), British colonists had to defend the frontier, where French colonists and their tribal allies remained a powerful force.
Detailed explanation-3: -Britain surmised that the best way to raise funds for their arrearage would be to exact taxes. Few if any taxes raised substantial sums of money. Taxes were imposed both internally and externally to accumulate funds to pay for the war. The stamp tax was levied for just those reasons.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British thought the colonists should help pay for the cost of their own protection. Furthermore, the French and Indian War had cost the British treasury £70, 000, 000 and doubled their national debt to £140, 000, 000.