SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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Question
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What reason did Parliament give for raising taxes in the colonies after 1763?
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Colonists were ignoring the Proclamation Line
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Colonists did not live in England but did enjoy English rights
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Colonists should help pay for the cost of the French and Indian War
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Colonists should be punished for protesting against taxes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Parliament reasoned that the American colonies needed to offset the sums necessary for their maintenance. It intended to use the additional tax money to pay for war expenses incurred in Great Britain’s struggles with France and Spain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British needed to station a large army in North America as a consequence and on 22 March 1765 the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which sought to raise money to pay for this army through a tax on all legal and official papers and publications circulating in the colonies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did Parliament raise taxes on the American colonies in the 1760s? Britain was in debt from fighting the French and Indian War.
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