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Part was for profit, part was to help run and defend the colonies, and part was to repay war debts (there were many wars between when the land was first settled and when the Revolution took place).

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The government decided to tax colonists so that they can pay for their defense. This In this time the Seven Year War went on.

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the main purpose was to collect money from colonists and send it back to britain.

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so it decided to tax the colonists.


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Yes. The British government needed help to pay for the French and Indian War which they helped the colonists fight. The colonists should have helped pay for their war. Besides at this time colonists were still British officials. The government had every right to tax them.


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