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| Facing heavy costs of supporting a standing army in the North American colonies, Britain hoped to shift some of the fiscal burden onto the colonists by imposing a series of taxes without consulting colonial governments. The colonies resisted, claiming there should be no taxes without representation. The British government prepared to quash what they perceived as an open revolt, and the colonists prepared for war. | ||||||
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