Common Sense, Britian could not effectively rule the American colonies because

the UK let the colonies have a lot of autonomy so when Britain lost the seven years war they wanted money from the colonies and couldn't do so because of the autonomy factor.

Explanation:

wilsons 14 points

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the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. in great britain, these laws were referred to as the coercive acts.