Why did the british parliament pass taxes like the stamp act, townshend acts, and the tea act?

basically the british were trying to assert their dominace and they were trying to pay off the 7 years war. the colonies would boycot british goods to try to get around the taxes, forcing the british to repeal them then the british would implement the next tax.

one of the major compromises in the constitutional convention was between the small states and big states. the small states wanted each state to have the same number of representatives in congress. the big states wanted representation based on population.

montesquieu took the view that the roman republic had powers separated so that no one could usurp complete power. in the british constitutional system, montesquieu discerned a separation of powers among the monarch, parliament, and the courts of law.