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Because the stamp act placed taxes on everything the colonists used.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agothey detested the Stamp Act because the Stamp Act made them pay taxes on documents, book and playing cards.
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What British actions were unpopular with colonists why did they resist these actions?
The Stamp Act, among others, increased taxes on the colonists without them having any say over it. "Taxation without representation" was a major grievance of the colonists.
Why did the colonists fear the stamp act?
The Colonists feared the Stamp Act because they did not have much money, and because the Stamp Act was based on many of the Colonists daily uses.
What events started the controversy among colonists?
The Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Quartering Act, Tea Act, Boston Massacre, and Boston Tea Party.
What is the Stamp Act and how did it affect the colonists?
The Stamp Act was a tax on papers from Britain to the colonies. The colonists were to pay higher taxes in which they did not favor.
What were the taxes that were imposed on the colonists?
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
How did the colonists show their resentment of the stamp act?
The colonists showed their resentment of the Stamp Act by staging demonstrations. Eventually the unpopular act was repealed by Parliament.
What British actions were unpopular with colonists why did they resist these actions?
The Stamp Act, among others, increased taxes on the colonists without them having any say over it. "Taxation without representation" was a major grievance of the colonists.
Why did the colonists fear the stamp act?
The Colonists feared the Stamp Act because they did not have much money, and because the Stamp Act was based on many of the Colonists daily uses.
What events started the controversy among colonists?
The Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Quartering Act, Tea Act, Boston Massacre, and Boston Tea Party.
Who did the stamp act help?
The colonists
Did the colonists support the stamp act?
No.
Who helped the stamp act?
The colonists
What is the Stamp Act and how did it affect the colonists?
The Stamp Act was a tax on papers from Britain to the colonies. The colonists were to pay higher taxes in which they did not favor.
What were the taxes that were imposed on the colonists?
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
How did the colonists rebel against the Stamp Act?
colonists boycotted, sons of liberty burned down newspaper stands
How did the colonists respond to the stamp act and to the townshend act?
by responding
What act was not passed by the British that upset the colonists?
stamp act
