Britain also needed money to pay for its war debts. The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War. ... They protested, saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens.
Step-by-step explanation:
Taxes were the single most important point of tension between the colonists and the British crown.
Britain had spent 90 million pounds during the French and Indian War.
The British felt that Americans should share the expense of the war which was fought in large measure for the protection of the colonists.
Deficit spending was very undesirable in the thinking of economists at that time. To make up deficits in the treasury, the British added new taxes that the colonists rebelled against.