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The British demand for the colonist to pay increasing taxes was a main cause of the Revolutionary War. The colonist demanded representation but it was not granted to them.
cause it pissed the british off that they werent getting their moneyWell, they didn't want to pay the British during the Revolutionary War because it be a waste. They used it for themselves and British didn't gain any money so they were in great debt, and they eventually lost like a slow debt.
The Americans had to pay taxes to the British because the British started the colonies to get profit from it.
The federal government was unable to pay its Revolutionary War debts because it did not have the power to levy taxes. The war was fought from 1775 to 1783.
They believed thy didn't have to pay British taxes because they were the colonists after all