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War between France and Britain that caused Britain into a lot of debt. King then initiated the next acts to pay off debt. -
Law set by King stating colonists were banned west of the Appalachian Mountains. He did this to relieve tensions with the Native Americans and avoid another war but, he had already promised the colonists that land. This created tensions with the colonists because they felt betrayed. The colonists were so angry because they didn’t get the land they wanted and they still had to pay taxes. -
The sugar act was a tax that got put on sugar. This angered the colonists even more because they needed sugar to make food. this made restaurant and meal prices go up. This created tensions with the colonists and Britain because, the colonists thought it was unfair to pay taxes to the British. They felt like the King was taking there money. They also felt like they were the ones who had to pay for the kings debt when it wasn’t there fault. -
Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it. This created tensions with the colonists and Britain because they felt like it was unfair and unnecessary since they had no representation in the British government -
British killed 5 colonists for throwing snowballs and rocks at them. This created tensions with the colonists and Britain because the King was angry at the colonists rebellion. -
A act set by the King where the colonists could only buy tea from Britain. This created tensions with the colonists and Britain because the king was starting to set so many acts and the colonists still didn't have representation. -
The sons of liberty dumped about 352 chests on tea into the Boston harbor. The tea was worth about $1000000000 to the king. This caused the king to loose a lot of money. The king was angered at the colonists for the Boston tea party so in return he place the intolerable acts as a punishment to the colonists. -
Punishment to the Bostonians for throwing the tea into Boston Harbor. This act closed down the Boston Harbor till the Bostonians repaid all the debt from the tea to the King. This created tensions because the colonists felt like they’d lose more money from having the harbor closed down -
First Battle of the Revolution known as "shot heard around the world" Nobody knows who shot first -
A Petition sent to King George to request settling their differences peacefully without going to war. This made war inevitable because . The king denied the petition because he didn’t see the colonists as British citizens. He claimed the colonies are in open rebellion and if they continue in there rebellion they will all be put to death as traitors. The colonists were angered by these decisions. This affected the outcome of the war by officially initiating war on Britain for freedom.