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The act let them the right to directly ship its tea to the colonies without first stopping in England. The commission agents would sell tea in the colonies. The colonists were mad that they still had to pay taxes on their tea even though the Company had control of tea sales so they'd push tea overboard. The government imposed strict rules on the colony and sent troops to rewrite the colonial charter of Massachusetts. -
The King issued it. The Proclamation prohibited settlements past the Appalachian Mountains. They wanted to control expansion into the Western Colonies. The colonists repelled against the law because they knew British wanted to keep an eye on them. The government ignored the colonists and continued sending troops. -
The Sugar Act was to prevent the trade of sugar and molasses. The provided increased incomes to pay off their debts. The colonists were angry about the act and boycotted against imports from Great Britain. Merchants then began to make the products themselves. The government thought it was right for them to tax the colonies, in order to pay their funds. -
The Quartering Act required the colonies to house British soldiers in forts provided by the colonies. it was too small for the soldiers. It seemed to violate the Bill of Rights. The colonists were angered that they were taxed to provide houses for the soldiers. The government refused to let the New York Assembly meet because they would oppose the taxes. -
The stamp act imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies. It was an attempt to increase revenue with taxation. it resulted in colonists to boycott British goods and attack tax collectors. The government enforced the Townshend acts.
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