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France fought with Great Britain over the Ohio river valley it increased tensions because after the war was over Britain was in debt and started taxing the colonists -
The proclamation of 1763 increased tensions in the colonies because it didn’t allow the colonists to go west which was where the colonists wanted to expand it made the colonist angry cuz they had just fought for the land -
the sugar act made the colonists mad because they had to pay tax for sugar and could only buy a certain amount of sugar -
the stamp act increased tensions between the colonists because the colonists now had to pay tax for paper -
The Boston Massacre increased tensions between the colonists because British soldiers fire on unarmed colonists even tho they were told not to fire
this was the turning point because a person actually died in the hands of a British soldier thus making the colonists very mad and making war inevitable -
the tea act increased tensions between the colonists because they would have to buy tea from specific British merchants and they would have to pay tax for tea -
the Boston tea increased tensions with Great Britain because the colonists dumped all the king’s tea into Boston harbor -
it was a response to the Boston tea party and it made the colonists mad because they closed the harbor which mean the colonists couldn’t trade -
the battles of lexington and concord was the first battle of the American revolution On April 19, local militiamen clashed with British soldiers in the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, marking the “shot heard round the world” that signified the start of the Revolutionary War. -
the colonists did want to fight British so they adopted the olive branch petition it was used as a last attempt by the colonists to make peace with British and avoid war the petition emphasized there loyalty to the king