answer the following questions with 1 sentence, short, simple answers, using simple words. Why did the British need to tax the colonists (British citizens living in the 13 colonies)? What were the Coercive Acts? How did these acts bring the colonists to

The British needed to tax the colonists to pay off debts from the French and Indian War. The Coercive Acts were laws that punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and made them unite against British control. The Boston Massacre made many colonists angry and more united against British rule.