history of america-the american revolution?

They were pissed so they did a bunch of protests to show the British that they didn't think it was fair for everything to have a tax on it.

The Stamp and Sugar Act put taxes on sugar, newspaper, letters, bills, and everything else that was paper and handed out o people.

Simply they boycotted the supplies that were taxed.

Great Britain had a huge war debt, and needed money to pay it off. So they decided on the easiest way to get the money-heavily tax the colonists. And the colonists were not pleased.

The sugar act was passed in 1764, and was met with great resistance. New ENgland suffered heavily from the act since the laws were tightened which meant less smuggling.

Samuel Adams and James Otis started a group in Massachusetts who agreed not to buy the products and the movement spread. Soon the sugar act had to be cancelled.

The Stamp Act replaced the sugar act, and taxed all paper products, not just stamps. Of course, this also brought heavy violence and a huge drop in sales of the taxed products. Basically, the acts hurt the British's business more than it helped, since many agreed to boycott.

Indignation, and then boycotts or those taxable items, and the coming together of protestors to form committees of correspondence to keep each other informed and to unify the protest activities aimed at the British crown.