In what ways did the English government begin increasing their control of the American colonies. and how did the American colonies react

The English imposed Marshall Law and heavy restrictions on the Colonies. Greater taxes were enacted as well. The straw that broke the camel's back was when the British tried to confiscate the firearms from the Colonists. They reacted by taking up arms, coming together and going to war with the world's greatest super power of the time.

Explanation:

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.