Why Did the British Impose Heavy Taxes on the Colonists

question 74

Multiple Choice

Why did the British impose heavy taxes on the colonists in the late 1700s?

• A) to help pay for the costs of governing the colonies
• B) to cripple the economy of neighboring French colonies
• C) to demonstrate how much power it had over the colonies
• D) to try to get the colonists to move back to Britain

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