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Actually lowered taxes on molasses and sugar, but enforced inspection laws already in place.
Colonists boycotted British goods
Parliament Repealed -
All legal documents had to be printed on specifically stamped paper.
Colonists boycotted British goods and persecuted tax collectors.
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in response -
Forced colonists to house British soldiers in their personal homes during times of peace.
Colonists refused to pay and provide for the soldiers. -
Tax on the importation of glass, lead, paper, and tea.
Reactions were much the same as the Stamp Act
Parliament partially repealed these as well. -
Closed down the ports in Boston in response to the Boston Tea Party.
Colonists protested