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Sugar Act
-The sugar act taxed colonists 3 pence for one pound of sugar
-The colonists didn't like the sugar act because there was no "taxation without representation"
-The British government ignored any protesting
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Stamp Act
-The British government taxed the colonists on stamps that had to be used on most paper items, including cards, legal documents, newspapers etc.
-The colonists thought the taxes violated their rights as British citizens, the started a stamp act congress and declared colonies should not be taxed by parliament
-The British felt they were doing the right thing because the colonies were receiving the benefit of British troops -
Townshend Acts
-They taxed colonists on imported goods to the American colonies
-They protested and refused to import British goods until the act was repealed
-British troops were sent to the colonies which escalated to the Boston Massacre
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-did-british-government-react-colonists-protest-365782 -
Tea Act
-The British government taxed the colonists on tea imported or sold in the colonies
-The colonists didn't want to buy tea from one company and they believed Parliament didn't have the right to tax tea
-King George closed Boston harbor until the tea lost was all paid for -
Intolerable Acts
-The acts were meant to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party
-The colonists decided not to listen to the acts they thought it violated their rights
-The British were fed up with how the colonists were acting so they made up these acts