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..., and that commodities such as sugar , tobacco, and cotton cou ld only be expoted to British , but they were produced in the colonies. The French and Indian war and the Treaty of 1763 had causde changes in the relationship between the Mother country and the colonies. Thecolonies were no longer threatened by the French. Tax payers felt that Americans should start paying taxes for there fair share of the cost of war. This why the Stamp Act was created in 1775 . It was also created to help cover the cost of maintaining the troops in the colonies. Americans resented the Act because it violated the principle "No taxation without representation". This soon lead to the Boston Tea Party. In relation, the British enforced the Intolerable or Coercive Acts. Included in these acts were the Quatering Act that requiered the colonist to provide barracks, food and supp...