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the sugar act cut the duties of foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon and had regained a high duty on foreign refined sugar. some colonies would smuggle in in sugar to their colonies and many also argued that there shouldn’t be a no taxation without representation and they were gonna stop buying sugar. the governments reaction refused to listen to people and continued to do the taxation because people don’t want to listen and kept trying to smuggle it in -
the stamp act imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the america colonies although not in england. it helped replenish all their finances after the seven years war with francs. the american colonist were very angered and upset about the stamp act and immediately acted to oppose it. the governments reaction was to protest after several months later and boycotts which cause several damage to british trade -
the quartering act allowed all royal governors instead of colonial legislatures to find homes and buildings to quarter or house of british soldiers. the colonist reaction resented to the quartering act because they had to house and feed all the soldiers and they were scared that the troopers were going to control their freedom. the governments reaction suspended the province of new yorks governor and legislature it -
the townshend acts was to help pay the expenses in the governing of the america colonies and helped with initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, and paper. the colonist reaction was upset because they had felt that it was an unconstitutional for the parliament to places taxes, laws and such other things without any representation. the british governments reaction as to send military officials to boston to enforce the acts -
the tea act helped the company the right to ship its tea straight to the colonies without landing or stopping until it was in england. the colonist were upset and wanted to go on strike because they had believed that parliament didn’t have the right to tax the tea and they weren’t going to start buying tea from one company or be forced too. the british governments reaction was to shut down the boston harbor