There was no single that sparked this sudden accusation against King George III. The combination of such taxes as the sugar act, which faced great opposition because it required collection of the import duties on tea, forcing colonists to accept English taxation and hurting the business of merchants who were competitors of the East India Company. Also, such acts and taxes like the declaratory act, which virtually proclaimed England's superiority over the colonies also invoked great disturbance. The stamp act, which taxed anything published, was possibly the most controversial tax, and consequently there were massive riots and internal dissention. In is noteworthy that none of these taxes were proposed to any of the colonial assemblies, they were simply passed by parliament and enforced in the colonies. The imposition of taxes by King George III without the consent or opinion of the colonies reinforces the belief that he was a tyrannical ruler.
The simple action of cutting off the colonies" ability to trade with other countries was one of the central complaints of the colonies expressed in the Declaration of Independence. There was no single act that stated that the colonies could not trade with other countries; however, the mandated mercantilist economy imposed on the colonies was one that included provisions that prevented the colonies from trading with non-England countries. The English published and violently enforced a list of goods that could only be traded between the colonies and England. These items, called the enumerated articles hindered economic mobility of the colonies. In order to enforce the policy of enumerated articles writs of assistance were issues. These were in effect unwarranted search warrants, in which British soldiers could come into your house and search your home unannounced and without probable cause. King George's lack of respect for economic mobility and his dictatorship authorization to impose the colonies with "his" economy reinforces the idea that his purpose as king was to establish himself as a dictator over the colonies, leading the colonists to accuse him as a tyrant.
