After the French and Indian War, the British started taxing the colonists in North America, so that they could help pay for the cost of the war. o What are taxes?

Taxes are generally imposed by a government as a means to raising funds. Taxes generally have to do with a specific item, such as property tax. In the case of property tax, a percentage of each property owned by a citizen is taxed a certain percentage. Another tax can be the sales tax, in which each item sold and bought is taxed a percentile to be able to raise funds.

Essentially, taxes are imposed by the government to raise money to pay off it's debts.

c) they were beaten and fired from their jobs.

(b) britain had a much larger navy than the u.s.

(d) the u.s. had a small army compared to britain.