To pay for the French and Indian Wars, and to protect the colonies
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The Americans had to pay taxes to the British because the British started the colonies to get profit from it.
Yes, there were many taxes imposed on the American colonies by the British Empire.
They could have allowed the colonies to have representation in the British Parliament. The colonists would not have minded taxation as much had there been representation from the colonies.
Great Britain increased taxes on many items in the colonies.
the loyalist did disagree with patriot's oppinion of taxes, because the the british had protected the colonist during war, and according to Ambrose Serle she critized that the colonies were like enemies of the british, also she believed that the complaints against the british wasn't strong enough to revolt against the British. also that colonies hurt England finacilly, but since the existed the governer had to protect the colonist.