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This act set a tax law on sugar and molasses imported to the colonies, impacting the manufacture of rum in New England. Reaction to this, the colonists formed a boycott of luxury goods imported from Great Britain. Basically, they protested. -
Requires all newspapers, legal, and commercial documents to have a stamp on them (stamps cost money). Colonists reacted with riots and attacks on tax collectors. The British Government reacted by taking away the law because they realized it wasn't fair. -
British Law, passed by parliament of Great Britain designed to bail out British East India Company and expand all British colonies, selling excess tea at a reduced price. Colonists reacted by dumping tea overboard ships into harbors. The British Government granted the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies. -
There were several laws passed to force local colonial governments to provide housing to British Soldiers stationed in the 13 colonies. Colonists resented and opposed it because they had to pay for soldiers to live in their homes, soldiers who weren't fighting. -
There were many, but if you single out the Boston Port Act was designed to punish the inhabitants of Boston for an incident that would soon become the Boston Tea Party. Colonists responded with a show of unity, convening the First Continental Congress to discuss and negotiate a unified approach to the British.
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