The colonists saw the model of good government as one that respected the civil, economic, political and commercial liberties of its citizens. Therefore, King George's measures to limit the freedoms of the American colonists went against this vision. Thus, high taxes, military control, and civil and political limitations imposed by the British were frowned upon in the Thirteen Colonies.
Specifically, the Intolerable Acts were seen as the turning point that meant the development of a tyranny in the colonies, which was rejected by the colonists and ended up opting for the American Revolution.
