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They went into debt and had to tax colonists. -
American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains. -
The act increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies. -
incensed colonists were already weary of British rule and unfair taxation and roused them to fight for independence. -
By allowing the East India Company to sell tea directly in the American colonies -
rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence -
The British instated the acts to make an example of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party, and the outrage they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775. -
it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence. -
A final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. It was a document in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens.