Hi Following the end of the French and Indian War<span> (the North American theater of the </span>Seven Years' War<span>) in 1763, relations between the colonies and Britain had been deteriorating. Because the war had plunged the British government deep into debt, </span>Parliament<span> enacted a series of measures to increase tax revenue from the colonies. These acts, such as the </span>Stamp Act<span> of 1765 and the </span>Townsend Acts<span> of 1767, were seen as legitimate means of collecting revenues to pay off the nearly two-fold increase in British debt stemming from the war</span>
