5. The British taxes contributed to the colonist's disdain for Britain
because-

Explanation:

- Under huge pressure to curb spending, the British king and government believed that any further attempts to tax the homeland would fail. They thus seized upon other sources of income, one of which was taxing the American colonists in order to pay for the army protecting them.

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