Why should the colonists pay the debts of french and indian war?
*multiple answers please*

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Originally Posted by Verinsess

why should the colonists pay the debts of french and indian war?
*multiple answers please*

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Actually wasn't the French and Indian War a war betweein France and England ? The French lost and England took over east of the Mississippi ? Therefore, the colonists inherited or assumed those debts ? I may be way off base, are there any PhD's in history here that can help ?

After the French and Indian war, England began taxing the colonists because they claimed that the colonists, as Britons, should incur some of the debts as well. The British were paying taxes, but up until the end of the war, the colonists were incurring little to no taxes at all. The British began taxing the colonists to help with some of the immense war debt, and the colonists were angry because they had no representation in Parliament; therefore, the British should not be taxing them for things they could not vote for. The British disagreed; since the colonists reaped from the benefits of the French and Indian war by being able to keep their land, and they were living on British soil, they should pay some of the taxes. They kept fighting, the fighting led to skirmishes that sparked the American Revolution.
I can't think of multiple reasons they would have to pay, maybe this website would help with any other reason. Its been awhile since I studied the French and Indian war.