Prior to the Revolutionary War, the British Government Suffered from High

Multiple Choice

Prior to the Revolutionary War, the British government suffered from high debt and a variety of financial problems.How does its solution to raise revenue through increasing taxes on the colonies illustrate the policy principle?

A) Members of the British Parliament were running for reelection, and it was popular in Britain to campaign on raising taxes in the colonies instead of at home.
B) The British were interested in raising revenue to cover the costs of defending the colonies, while Parliament and the colonial government made it possible to tax colonial commerce.
C) Colonial administrators were weary of the economic and political power of the merchants and Southern planters and therefore sought to punish them by raising taxes on their commodities.
D) Colonial administrators wanted more independence from the British Parliament.In exchange for raising taxes, colonial administrators were granted more leeway in local matters.
E) The British thought that the colonists would see paying taxes as a duty of upstanding English citizens and, as such, would comply.