Question

Why did the British think that the American colonists should be taxed

A) They thought Americans should contribute to Britain's cost in defending the colonies during and after the French and Indian war

B) They thought that all British colonies should contribute to support of British colonization efforts

C) American soil was more fertile than English soil, so the British thought Americans should pay a tax for having it

D) they believed that the colonies should support the citizens of the homeland

Answer 1

@jabez177

Answer 2

it's A

Answer 3

are you sure

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

what do you think @PrincessHush

Answer 6

Prior to the Boston Tea Party in 1773, Britain had quite recently gotten over a war with France called The Seven Years' War which endured from 1756 to 1763. After the war, Britain had confronted a post bellum dept and the obligation of extra land to ensure and represent. So as to pay those bills, Britain needed to charge the pilgrims. In any case, the pilgrims would not like to be exhausted, so they exacerbated it even by dumping 342 mid-sections of tea into the water. So despite the fact that its country needed assistance, they were childish and declined to offer assistance.

The past begins off solid however gets to be absurd jabber.

Charges are required, in the provinces, (now the US), Britain (then and now) and in essentially everyplace that has a legislature for whatever length of time that time has been. From numerous points of view, what makes an administration or pioneer is their capacity to impose. Whether it be the greatest individual from the tribe having the capacity to take the chase's prize (or beat/prohibit any restriction from having), or at the most nearby level now - say a little gathering of condominiums that needs to raise cash to pay to have the snow scooped off the walk ways.

The colonoists as British natives paid expense in Britain before they exited, and paid it here like any British native. They were tolerating for of the need to have and pay British strengths to shield them from others, have courts and open administrations, and so on.

The issue, challenged by the Tea Party in Boston harbor, was on the grounds that on somethings, (tea specifically) Britain burdened what was conveyed to the settlements - MORE than they did to Britain itself. This was seen as unfair...and may have been .... (albeit one could contend the provinces' needs and expenses of giving those needs by the British were higher in the settlements - for instance a fighter in England may well go home for periods, positioned in the Colonies they should be housed and nourished the whole time; boats to the states from numerous spots in Europe required more exorbitant assurance than to England)...but was considered especially uncalled for as the pioneers had little say in the administration forcing the duty.

"Imposing taxes without any political benefit" being the issue, NOT assessment.

This website also might help you: http://classroom.synonym.com/did-british-feel-entitled-tax-colonists-following-seven-years-war-18799.html

Answer 7

So you think it is A as well

Answer 8

@PrincessHush

Answer 9

I believe so, it's just @igirisu should of given you an explanation instead of just the direct answer.

Answer 10

what do you think @isry98

Answer 11

@jabez177 what do you think

Answer 12

A is correct! I remember this. This was my favorite out of History.

Answer 13

What happened during the Boston massacre in 1770

A) British troops fired on colonists for the first time, killing 5

B) Indians from Maine quietly snuck into the Boston harbor and set fire on a ship

C) Colonists opened fire on British troops, killing 10

D) Colonists opened fire on one another over disagreements about the British

Answer 14

@jabez177 please help

Answer 15

@jabez177

Answer 16

yeah i should have elaborated but the website is really slow for me so i got impatient and didn't do so. sorry

Answer 17

One question per post.

Answer 18

it is ok not your fault I was double checking what I thought it was