During The 1750’s, the French and Great Britain were at war trying to gain control of the trade with the indians. The French were pushing in from the west, and Great britain was pushing from the east. Right in the middle sat the indians. At the time, Britain owned lots of colonies including America. They were like the Rome of the 1760’s. The American colonist we being taxed for the war being on their property. Since the Americans thought this was unfair, the colonists rebelled. “We have no representatives in the british parliament. It is against the law for them to tax” (Doc.1) These are the words of Patrick Henry in response to the british taxes. The intolerable acts were the rules that britain set for the colonists after the tea party.