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Why did the British increase taxes on the American colonists in the 1760s and 1770s?
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Why did the British increase taxes on the American colonists in the 1760s and 1770s?

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The British raised taxes for the American colonists in the 1760s and the 1770s because they still had to pay for the war with the French and had to pay for that standing army.
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