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How had the English government handled the colonies until King George took the throne?

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Britain still wanted funds to settle its war debts. The King and Parliament claimed that they had the power to tax the colonies. They wanted to require many kinds of taxation from the settlers to help pay for the French and Indian Wars. Colonists began to oppose boycotting, or not buying, British products.

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