Answer: Britain surmised that the best way to raise funds for their arrearage would be to exact taxes. Many colonists felt that they should not pay these taxes, because they were passed in England by Parliament, not by their own colonial governments. They protested, saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens. The colonists started to resist by boycotting, or not buying, British goods.
Explanation: Taxes were imposed both internally and externally to accumulate funds to pay for the war. The stamp tax was levied for just those reasons. Passed in 1765 it marked the beginnings of colonial resistance to taxation.