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The Sugar Act restricted the importation of all foreign rum and reduced the fee on foreign molasses from 6 cents to 3 cents per gallon while maintaining high taxes on foreign refined sugar. American settlers responded to the Sugar Act and the Currency Act with protests. -
It taxed newspapers, yearbooks, pamphlets, advertisements, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. The settlers argued that there should be "no taxation without representation" -
The Proclamation Act, passed by Congress the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Congress could enact legislation binding on the American colonies "under all circumstances". For most settlers, Britain's ability to tax the colonies without giving them representation in Parliament was considered shameful. -
Congress passed the Townshend Act, which introduced taxes on paper, paint, led, glass, and tea. The settlers organized a boycott of British goods to pressure Parliament to cancel the Townshend Act. -
The British Parliament passed the Tea Act in May 1773. This act enforced a tea tax in the American colonies. American settlers were outraged by the tea tax which existed since the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767 and was not canceled like other taxes in 1770.