Answer:In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the British government passes the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765.
The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source
In desperate need of soldiers to help with the invasions, Rome hired mercenaries to defend its borders. According to some historians, many were Germanic warriors who did not feel loyalty to Rome. ... The most evident factor of the Roman Empire's fall was the invasions.
