Question

What caused the British to impose taxes on the colonists in the first place?

The high price of tea


Expensive red uniforms


The Intolerable Acts


The cost of the French and Indian War

Answer 1

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 colonist to help the French and Indian war. The colonist started to resist by boycotting, or not buying, British goods.

Answer 2

Answer: The cost of the French and Indian War

Explanation: A is incorrect because the high price of tea is due to those taxes. B is incorrect because most of the red uniforms weren't manufactured until the Revolutionary War, which was yet to come. C is incorrect because the intolerable acts came into place as a punishment for the colonist's actions in the Boston Tea Party. So the answer is D, which makes sense because that was a very costly war for the British.