title: Chrome extension background page not adding new tab?
body: <p>I have written a sample extension to just add new tab to chrome in background page. It's not working. I am new to chrome extension, can you please help me?</p>
  
  <p>manifest.json </p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "manifest_version": 2,
  
    "name": "My extension",
    "description": "Test Extension.",
    "version": "1.0",
    "background": {
     "page": "bg.html"
     },
  
    "permissions": [
      "history",
      "tabs"
    ],
    "browser_action": {
      "default_icon": "icon.png"
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>bg.html</p>
  
  <pre><code>chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(activeTab)
  {
      var newURL = "www.google.com";
      chrome.tabs.create({ url: newURL });
  });
  </code></pre>