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Why did the British government decide to tax the colonies? (Choose 2)

Great Britain feared that the colonists would become too powerful.
B) Great Britain was in debt from the French and Indian War
Great Britain needed to raise money to wage a war against the American Indians.
Colonial governments were wealthier than the British government.
Great Britain thought the colonists should help pay for their own defense.
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The British government pasted the Stamp Act. Which sought to raise money to pay for the army
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