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Before the United States was a country, it was a group of English colonies. Until 1763, England didn’t really bother the America

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问题     Before the United States was a country, it was a group of English colonies. Until 1763, England didn’t really bother the American colonists. The people handled their business the way they wanted. However, England had a lot of war debts to pay. Some of the money was owed because England had defended the colonies in the French and Indian War, Citizens who were living in England wanted taxes to be lowered. The king decided to take more control over the colonies to get the money to pay off the debts. He started a new tax for the colonies. After being left to make their own decisions for so long, some of the colonists did not want to give up control. They did not want to pay high taxes. They did not want to follow rules that didn’t make sense to them. Colonists were not given a chance to participate in government decisions in England.
    The colonists were divided. Loyalists wanted the colonies to stay part of England. Patriots wanted America to be established as an independent nation. The Patriots decided that it was time to send a letter to the king. They wanted to make an official declaration, or statement, of independence.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the group’ s ideas into a letter to King George HI. Jefferson explained why the colonists believed they no longer had to listen to his authority. By signing the Declaration of Independence, the men were risking their lives if the colonies lost the war. They signed it anyway.
    Fighting in the American Revolutionary War had already begun when Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. After the war was over, there was still work to do. The job of uniting 13 separate colonies into one nation had to be done. It was a difficult process with lots of compromises. In 1781 the Constitution was written to describe the rights and responsibilities of the new government and its people.
Why did King George Ⅲ decided to take more control over the colonies than he had before?
选项 A、He wanted more colonies.
B、He wanted his authorities back.
C、He needed to pay off war debts.
D、He decided to move to American colonies.
答案C
解析 第一段中间部分。国王需要钱去还战争所欠下的债，但是英国本土民众则要求减税。所以英王决定增强对殖民地的控制以获得更多的钱还债。选项C正确。国王在殖民地增加了新的税收。
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