The Stamp Act forced colonists to put expensive tax stamps on British goods or legal documents such as newspapers and calendars.
The Stamp Act, March 1765
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No taxation, without representation!!
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This taxation is so unecessarry!!
This Act allowed the British government workers to search people's houses and even break down doors to take items the homeowner hadn't paid taxes for.
The Townshend Revenue Act, June-July 1767
This isn't appropriate for you to do this!
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You should've paid!
In the Boston Tea Party, colonists were so infuriated about the Tea Act law that they snuck onto a cargo ship to dump hundreds of bags and crates of tea into the Boston harbor.
