They believed that England had fought the expensive war mostly to strengthen its empire and increase its wealth, not to benefit its American subjects. Parliament said it was right to tax the American colonists to help pay the bills for the war. Parliament said it had fought the long and costly war to protect its American subjects from the powerful French in Canada. That war, which had been fought in North America, left Great Britain with a huge debt that had to be paid. Great Britain was passing these laws because of the French and Indian War, which had ended in 1763. There had been the Sugar Act in 1764, the Stamp Act the following year, and a variety of other laws that were meant to get money from the colonists for Great Britain. Parliament (England's Congress) had been passing laws placing taxes on the colonists in America. Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC Museum of History Trouble Brewingīy 1774, the year leading up to the Revolutionary War, trouble was brewing in America. Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian.
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