Because Great Britain ran up a huge debt during the French and Indian War and needed someone to help pay it off.
was needed by British government to pay its depts
American merchants complained that the British were keeping Americans out of the West Indies and other British markets that they could make money from.
Sugar Act of 1764
Government should regulate the trade to increase revenue and power. Colonies should serve the mother country. Mother country served by selling manufactured goods to the colonies.
Parliament created new tax laws for British Americans after 1763 primarily to raise revenue to pay off the debt incurred during the French and Indian War. They believed that the American colonies, being beneficiaries of British military protection, should contribute to the cost of their defense. Additionally, the British government wanted to assert its authority and control over the colonies, which were increasingly seen as a valuable source of revenue.
How did the American Revenue Act affect colonial economies?
by raising Income taxes, Because they wouldnt afford food any longer
Glen Grenville and Parliament passed the American Revenue Act (Sugar act) in order to off set the cost of nearly 10,000 British Soldiers in the Colonies.
The British government attempted to solve Great Britain's financial problems after the French and Indian War by implementing a number of measures, such as increasing taxes on the American colonies, implementing new taxes on goods such as stamps and tea, and reducing government spending. Additionally, they sought to increase revenue through the imposition of trade regulations and tariffs on the colonies, which led to significant tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies and ultimately contributed to the outbreak of the American Revolution.
An act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766
The Stamp Act of 1765 required colonists to attach tax stamps to newspapers and legal documents in order to raise revenue for the British government and to help cover the costs of maintaining British troops in the American colonies.
Force the colonies to pay the enitre British debt