George Grenville's Plan

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The seven year war, or most commonly known as the French and Indian war or the first World War, left Europe in a very decaying economical situation. This of course made it difficult for the British to invest money on the colonies since they could barely subsist without having to take care of more population outside their home land.

Having the population in America in a constant growth, the British had to import more products and raw material to the new country. Also, because during the seven year war the colonists had gained more lands, they were now spreading into them triggering a bigger need for land protection a.k.a. they needed more soldiers and watchmen. All of this was being paid, in its majority, by the Britain. Having to spend so much money in a country so far away from them, the parliament found that such act could not be fatherly tolerated; they thought the Colonists should and could pay more money.

During 1764, since colonial merchants had been gaining money from trade, often smuggling products from other sources other than the British ships or bribing the port officials for them to keep their mouths shut and remain silent about the things that were going on at ports, the British prime minister George Grenville decided to raise money by collecting it from the colonists. in other words, he wanted to reinforce the law that stated that all colonists should pay a little extra money for the things they bought, money that would be taken as British property and used to provide them products, materials and protection. Grenville wanted to make the colonists pay taxes.