Why did British Prime Minister George Grenville initiate a program of taxing the American colonists in 1764?
A) He was raising taxes throughout the British Empire.
B) He saw an opportunity to further enrich the British Empire.
C) He wanted to pay off debt from the French and Indian War.
D) He believed that the colonists should be taxed at a higher rate than Britons.
E) He thought that taxing the colonists would help secure their ties to Britain.
C
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