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Which is the most likely reason that the British taxed goods in the colonies?

to pay for war debt
to pay to erect buildings in the colonies
to punish the colonists for drinking tea
to bring more enslaved people to the colonies

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The most likely reason was to pay for war debt as they didn’t use any of the tax dollars to help the colonists and punishing to drink tea doesn’t make any sense.
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