Why Did the British Government Impose Taxes Such as the Stamp

Why did the British government impose taxes such as the Stamp Act specifically on the American colonies instead of in England only?

A) Influential interest groups supported the colonial taxes.
B) Increased taxes were politically unpopular in England, so the government chose to raise taxes on the colonists instead.
C) The British government had spent large sums of money on defending the colonies and sought to recapture that revenue from the colonists.
D) Money raised from the taxes was intended to be used to pacify revolutionary citizens in the colonies.