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by gary dominicus on May 2nd, 2008
Winning the French and Indian War cost Britain a great deal of money. Britain had paid for thousands of soldiers to fight in North America. It also kept soldiers in the Ohio River Valley to protect the land it had won. King George and Parliament decided that American colonists should help pay the costs of the war. Britain planned to raise money by collecting taxes from the colonists. Gary Dominicus
by Vampyre Bat on April 22nd, 2008
To pay for its war on the European continent. They needed the quick hard cash from the raw materials and provisions sold to the colonists and tax revenue collected.
by bunzasteel on April 22nd, 2008
so they could pay off the war
by U..P.. on April 22nd, 2008
Same reason as why any country taxes its occupants.
by -O-uknow on April 22nd, 2008
Greed
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