The king needed the approval of ______ to levy any tax.
A
Merchants
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B
Landowners
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C
Pope
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D
Parliament
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Solution
The correct option is D Parliament The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War. Other laws, such as the Townsend Acts, passed in Page 2 1767, required the colonists to pay taxes on imported goods like tea.