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The Sugar Act was the first of the Revenue Acts, and it required the colonists to pay 3 pence of tax for every pound of sugar they purchased. This angered the colonists because they didn't have any representation in the Parliament, and didn't want to pay a tax that they had no say in. -
The Currency Act made it so that the colonies had to use hard currency like gold and silver rather than paper bills. This angered the colonists because there wasn't much gold or silver in the colonies at all, so they had to trade with England for it, whereas they could make paper bills on their own. -
The Stamp Act made it so that colonists had to put a stamp on anything that was printed on paper, with the exception of books. The colonists were enraged by this because they thought that this act was oppressive, and they disliked that they still had no representation in the Parliament that passed these acts. -
The Quartering Act required the colonists to provide British troops with necessities like housing, food, drink, fuel, and transportation. The colonists hated this act because they disliked that the troops were staying in the colonies in the first place, and they also hated having more taxes and rules being placed over the colonies without proper representation. -
The Townshend Acts placed taxes on various goods that the colonies imported from Britain such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. The colonists disliked this since they still had no representation, and people like John Dickinson ("A farmer in Pennsylvania"), the acts were setting the stage for even more taxation without representation. The colonies discouraged importing goods from Britain in an attempt to avoid the new taxes.