a extra payment on salt that go's to the government
The British implied taxes on the colonist's in the American Revolution on many things. Including; tea, paper, lead, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, license, any important documents, glass,...
The British taxed on paper,glass, ext.
To pay for the expenses of the French and Indian War
Loyalists felt that they had to pay them, while patriots hated the taxes because they felt they should not pay them.