British Problems with tax in the colonies

                                          

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                                                                                                                                       Brittan's King George lll supported the idea of taxing the colonists. So did many members of the Parliament, Britain's  law making assembly. To them the tax seemed fair. The American colonists benefited from the protection of soldiers. So, thought the colonists should help pay the army's costs.