63.0k views
4 votes
What factors lead to the tension between England and the Colonies?

User Vidhi
by
7.4k points

2 Answers

1 vote
Britain's debt from the French and Indian War led it to try to consolidate control over its colonies and raise revenue through direct taxation (e.g., Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts), generating tensions between Great Britain and its North American colonies
User Koro
by
6.6k points
3 votes

Step-by-step explanation:

England's king passed alot of tax laws causes the colonies to start riots and then came the tea act making colonist pay taxes on tea so then they started the Boston Tea party.

[Stamp Act]

[Tea Act]

User Kvc
by
7.5k points