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Why did many of the colonists protest the sugar act stamp act tea act and townshend act?
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∙ 11y ago
They thought it was unfair that England was taxing them so much money for such small things. They refused to buy sugar and stamps and I think they may have even tried to make their own natural sugar.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe main reason the colonists resisted all of the acts was because they believed they were being taxed without representation in parliament. But more specifically:
Townshend Acts: The colonists resisted the Townshend Acts because the British government passed the act mainly for raising revenue for paying officials. Also, The acts also put tighter regulations on trade, therefore exercising more control over the colonists' activities. The colonists obviously didn't like being controlled any more by the British gov't.
Sugar Act: This act taxed and regulated sugar/molasses trade. This was especially detrimental to the colonists because they were often forced to smuggle these products and hurt them during the slight economic downturn they were having. Once again, the colonists resisted being taxed and regulated.
Stamp Act: The Stamp Act required that things such as newspapers, legal documents, or letters should be printed on special stamped paper. It was basically another restricting tax. The tax was especially protested by newspapers or lawyers since they were the professions that had to deal most with printing things.
Again, the big reason for the protest of these Acts is "taxation without representation." The colonies resisted the Acts because they did not like being restricted or taxed by the British gov't after many years of salutary neglect.
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∙ 11y agoThe colonists were tired of having to pay taxes to the British government and so they boycotted the idea and stopped paying taxes to the British.
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∙ 10y agoBecause they were being taxed immensely on common goods.
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∙ 12y agoFinancial inconvenience.
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What did Britain do to raise money and pay its debts?
by taxing the colonists. for example, the sugar act, stamp act, and townshend act.
What was the name of the new tax that ws imposed on all American colonists?
The Acts imposed on the Colonists were the Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act.
What where four taxes that the colonists disliked?
The British made acts that added taxes for the colonists. The taxes include the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, The Intolerable Acts, the Tea tax, and the currency act.
What happened as a result of the sugar stamp and townshend acts?
The Revolutionary war
The Sugar Act the Stamp Act the Declaratory Act the Townshend Acts What happened as a result of the acts above?
Colonists united in their anger against British taxation without representation.
What chronological order do these 4 events belong in 'the sugar and stamp acts' 'the townshend acts' 'the Declaration of Independence' 'the American Revolution'?
The Sugar and Stamp Acts The Townshend Acts The American Revolution Begins The Declaration of Independence
Why did the Sugar and Stamp acts draw fierce opposition from colonists?
The sugar and stamp acts drew fierce opposition from colonists because they felt it wasn't fair for them to be taxed without having a vote on how the money was going to be used. They called it "taxation without representation, and dumped the tea in Boston Harbor in protest.
Colonists reacted to taxes imposed by the British by?
The colonists were angry because of the famous line "no taxation without representation." Britain kept passing acts and the colonists had no say. The Sugar Act and Townshend Acts had been passed before the Stamp Act. In the end, Britain did repeal (get rid of) the Stamp Act, but then passed an act requiring the colonists to house British soldiers.
What acts were passed after the sugar act?
In no specific order Quartering Coercive Declaratory Tea Sugar Townshend Stamp Quartering
What right did colonists say acts violate?
The colonists claimed that the stamp, sugar, tea, and townshend acts violated the right to only be taxed with representation. The colonists had no representatives in the Mother country; this is where the popular phrase "no taxation without representation" came from.
What laws did the British pass that made the colonists angry?
Stamp act, Sugar act, Intolerable act, Quartering act, Tea act, and Townshend Revenue act. It might be more but the first two are the main ones
What made the colonies angry at the british government?
What made the colonists angry at Great Britain was all of the taxes, such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and the Townshend Acts. "No taxation without representation!"
