Why did British officials seek to increase colonial taxes and duties in the years following the French and Indian War?

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Why did British officials seek to increase colonial taxes and duties in the years following the French and Indian War?
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What changed the relationship between Great Britain and the American colonies after 1763? ... The colonists resented the British taxes because they had no representatives in Parliament, they believed that the Parliament had no right to tax them. The colonists rebelled and boycotted.