Answer: The British thought the colonists should help pay for the cost of their own protection. Furthermore, the French and Indian War had cost the British treasury £70,000,000 and doubled their national debt to £140,000,000. Compared to this staggering sum, the colonists' debts were extremely light, as was their tax burden.
The British were able to take control of India mainly because India was not united. The British signed treaties and made military and trading alliances with many of the independent states that made up India. The British were very effective at infiltrating these states and gradually taking control.
The American colonists were upset by the taxes. The American colonists had worked together during the French and Indian War making it easier to work together against the British government. ... The French joined the American Revolution to get revenge on the British. They were bitter about losing the French and Indian War.
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