If King George had signed the olive branch petition would the revolutionary war still happened? Would everything have been forgotten? Forgiven? Would’ve the king went through with giving them more freedom? Not much of this would’ve happened, at some point in time they would’ve declared war and got their freedom. The king abused his power and saw the colonists as his minions and ordered them around.
After the French and indian war the british wanted to to control expansion in the western territories therefore making the proclamation line of 1763. This prohibited settlements beyond the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists did not like the control on where they were allowed to live most wanted to