Which political development greatly increased tensions between the American colonies and Great Britain in the years just before the American Revolution?

Question

A Jay's Treaty
B the XYZ Affair
C Pinckney's Treaty
D the Proclamation of 1763

Answer 1

The political development that greatly increased tensions between the American colonies and Great Britain in the years just before the American Revolution is D the Proclamation of 1763. This proclamation restricted colonial expansion westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains, which frustrated colonists eager for land and contributed to growing resentment toward British authority.