Following the end of salutary neglect, Parliament passed many acts such as the Stamp Act, the Quartering Acts, and the Quebec Act to exert more control over the colonies. This, as well as the refusal of Britain to acknowledge their currently established government, such as the Stamp Act Congress and the First Continental Congress, changed their relationship for the worst. In direct response to the First Continental Congress, the King sent troops to Massachusetts and so began the American Revolution. The economic burdens placed on the colonies shortly after the conclusion of the French and Indian war were the most detrimental factors in their relationship. The war was expensive, extremely expensive, and put the British under a large amount of debt. So the British government, more specifically The White Whig Party, felt that since the war was fought on American soil, the colonies should pay for the debts and decided the answer was to tax the
Following the end of salutary neglect, Parliament passed many acts such as the Stamp Act, the Quartering Acts, and the Quebec Act to exert more control over the colonies. This, as well as the refusal of Britain to acknowledge their currently established government, such as the Stamp Act Congress and the First Continental Congress, changed their relationship for the worst. In direct response to the First Continental Congress, the King sent troops to Massachusetts and so began the American Revolution. The economic burdens placed on the colonies shortly after the conclusion of the French and Indian war were the most detrimental factors in their relationship. The war was expensive, extremely expensive, and put the British under a large amount of debt. So the British government, more specifically The White Whig Party, felt that since the war was fought on American soil, the colonies should pay for the debts and decided the answer was to tax the