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Why did the British Parliament pass taxes like the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, and the Tea Act?

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basically the british were trying to assert their dominace and they were trying to pay off the 7 years war. the colonies would boycot british goods to try to get around the taxes, forcing the british to repeal them then the british would implement the next tax.

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