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End of French and Indian War
This event contributed to tensions by putting Britain in debt that the colonies had to pay, enacting the Proclamation of 1763, and beginning mercantilism between Britain and the colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
This event contributed to colonial tensions by blocking land to the west that was promised by the King which causes trust to break between the colonists and Great Britain. -
Sugar Act
This event contributed to colonial tensions by placing a tax on sugar which angered the colonists because they had no representation. -
Stamp Act
This event contributed to colonial tensions by placing a tax on legal documents & other types of paper which, just like the Sugar Act, made colonists mad because they had no representation in Parliament. -
Boston Massacre
This event contributed to colonial tensions by colonists being killed & giving fuel to propaganda. This propaganda not only made all of the colonies mad, it also spread to other countries which caused the King to be frustrated with the colonies. -
Tea Act
This event contributed to colonial tensions by placing a tax on tea. The colonists kept losing trust in the King because he still would not give them the representation they wanted. -
Boston Tea Party
This event contributed to colonial tensions by angering the King because thousands of dollars of tea was destroyed by the colonists. The King is now frustrated at the colonies because they had destroyed all of his company-owned tea, but the colonies are protesting because of the tea act. -
Intolerable Acts
This event contributed to colonial tensions by cutting off the use of the Boston Harbor which is important to the colonists. This harbor is important to the colonists and having it being shut down WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT causes the colonies to be at their last straw with the King. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This event contributed to colonial tensions by starting the American Revolutionary War. The first shot is known as "the shot heard around the world". -
Olive Branch Petition
This event contributed to colonial tensions by showing that the King truly does not care for the colonies and is willing to go to war. This was the last attempt by the colonies to make peace with Britain, and because he denied it, the colonies decide to go to war against him. -
Turing Point - Olive Branch Petition
I believe that the rejection of the Olive Branch Petition is the turning point in which war became inevitable. This event is a major change because it is the final attempt from the colonies to keep peace with Great Britain. The King doesn’t see the colonists as equal and rips the petition apart. This event affects the outcome of the conflict by showing the colonists that if they wanted rights for themselves, they would need to fight for them.