Amajor reason why the british levied taxes on american colonies after the french and indian war was
a) punish the colonists for not supplying them with goods.
b) fund shipbuilding and trade in the colonies.
c) raise money to defend their newly won territory.
d) pay for colonial representation in parliament.

The correct answer is:

C. Raise money to defend their newly won territory.

A major reason why the British levied taxes on American colonies after the French and Indian War was to raise money to defend their newly won territory.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.