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Why did Delegates from 12 States Meet in Philadelphia in 1787 In 1763 the "Peace of Paris" conference ended the expensive war fought between Britain and France. Britain was victorious in the war and many Americans fought for Britain, the colonists' were proud to be part of the British Empire. The colonies across America were very divided and almost separate countries, but the general sentiment was pride at being a part of the British Empire. The war with France, although establishing Britain as the dominant force in these new territories, removing the French from North America, was a very expensive ordeal and left Britain in debt. The British felt that, as the war was protecting the American colonies, the colonists' should pay towards it through taxes save face. The first direct taxes that the British enforced on the colonists' was the Stamp Act in March 1765 this and other attempts...

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