SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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Question
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Why did the British government believe taxing the colonies was necessary? There are 2 correct answers.
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The tax was necessary to pay down the debt from the French and Indian War.
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The tax was necessary to pay for the soldiers protecting the American colonies.
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The tax was necessary to pay for the Ohio River Valley.
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The tax was necessary to pay for new colonies in North America.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The English felt that the colonists should pay taxes because the English government was providing services that the colonists would otherwise have had to do without. The Americans felt the taxes were unfair because they were being imposed by a government in which the colonists had no “voice."
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