caption: Taxes Previous taxes had been only loosely enforced 1764: Sugar Act passed and enforced, causing some protest Sugar tax was seen as justified way of regulating trade 1765: Stamp Act taxed paper products (newspapers, cards, legal documents), affecting most colonists Direct tax seen as tyranny Parliament repealed Stamp Act after protest 1767: Townshend Acts: direct tax on paper, lead, paint -- leading to American boycotts
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