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

Explanation:

The answer is simple, they needed more money. For most of this century (1700s), Britain was at war with someone. Most notably, we have the Seven Years War (French and Indian War) that depleted many of England's resources.

populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.