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because it taxed needed things like glass paper paint lead and tea

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stamp act- because it taxed them on printed meterials

townshend acts- because it taxed them on items such as: lead, paint, etc.

They did not like being taxed because they had no say in parliment/no say in who taxed them: "no taxation without representation"

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Because they were sick and tired of paying taxes.

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Forced americans to pay taxes

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because it taxed needed things like glass paper paint lead and tea

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It was taxation without representation.

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Q: Why did colonists oppose the stamp act and the townshend acts?
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Why did colonists oppose the stamp acts and the townshend acts?

Because they were sick and tired of paying taxes.


Why did colonist oppose the stamp act and the townshend acts?

These taxes were examples of taxation of the colonists who had no representation in Parliament.


How did the colonists respond to the stamp act and the townshend acts?

by responding


What did British Parliament do to address the grievances of the colonists?

repealed the Stamp and Townshend Acts


What are the three acts that were issued by King George the 3rd on the American colonists?

The Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, and the Townshend Acts.


The American colonies opposed the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts because they?

forced the colonists to pay taxes.


Why did the colonists protest the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts taxes?

The colonist said that the Britain had no rights to tax them.


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 did colonial delegates speak up for in their assemblies?

they spoke up for the colonists about the stamp act and the Townshend acts


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 tax was placed on glass paper paint lead and tea?

The British Parliament placed a tax on these items prior to the American Revolution. This act was called the Townsend Act and was enacted in 1767.


What type of tax was the townshend act?

The Townshend Acts were a type of external tax. The Townshend Acts were enacted in 1767 and the colonists were opposed to it.