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This act meant all printed material had to have a stamp however the stamps were not free. This caused some colonists to be very violent on the street when doing protests. -
War ended after approx. 6 years -
This act put taxes on sugar, molasses and other products in the American colonies. The colonists were angry because they hadn't got a say in what taxes the British were imposing. -
British government had the power to tax colonists if they wanted to. Colonists didn't get very upset at first until the Townshend Act. -
This act was for us Americans to stop smuggling and added taxes on a few other materials. We did not like this act a single bit at all. -
British started taxing tea and sent cheap tea over to the American colonies. The Americans were so incredibly upset that they dressed up as Indians and threw a whole bunch of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Revolutionary war started