Why did many british leaders support the idea of raising taxes on the american colonies

to help pay the heavy debt owed by the British government after the war

to help pay for the defense of Britain’s large empire in North America

to increase British control over the colonies

Explanation:

the population grew a lot and was making more money

john smith was the first englishman to sail around the world. francis bacon served as attorney general and lord chancellor of england. he took up aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method, which is the foundation of modern scientific inquiry.