The Intolerable Acts

Question 1

Why did the colonies revolt against British rule?(immigration)

Answer 1

Over the next 150 years more and more british colonists arrived and slowly gained control over the east coast

Question 2

Why did the colonies revolt against british rule (no representation)

Answer 2

By the 1760s many colonies no longer reffered to themselves as british but american
the colonies were not allowed any representation at Westminister they had no say in what happened in their daily lives.

Question 3

Why did the colonies revolt against british rule (navigation acts)

Answer 3

the navigataion acts really annoyed the colonists and the colonusts felt asif they were being treated as second class citizens

the navigation acts meant that the americans could only sell tobacco to Britain at the Britain wanted to pay , they could buy sugar or tea on the open market