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1. Why did England enact the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, and Sugar Act?

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To pay off war debt from the French and Indian War

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The purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War. England was left in crippiling debt after the war, so they imposed all of these new taxes as a way to pay their debt.

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