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British View: They reduced taxes on molasses but enforced the law to collect more revenue.

Colonial View: Colonists were upset and protested, "No taxation without representation!"

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British View: The British saw the Stamp Act as a way to raise money by taxing newspapers and legal papers in the colonies.

Colonial View: The colonists were angry about it and protested because they didn't think it was fair to be taxed without having a say in British decisions.

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British View: Required colonists to house and feed British soldiers to maintain a standing army.

Colonial View: Many colonial legislatures refused to pay for supplies for the soldiers.

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British View: The British passed the Declaratory Act to show they still had full power to make laws and tax the colonies, even after repealing the Stamp Act.

Colonial View: Colonists were happy the Stamp Act was gone but were upset that the Declaratory Act said Britain could still make laws for them without their input.

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Townshend Acts (1767)

British View: Placed import taxes on goods like lead, tea, and paper to raise money for governing the colonies.

Colonial View: Colonists boycotted British goods and protested, calling it unfair taxation.

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British View: The British passed the Tea Act to help the struggling East India Company by allowing it to sell tea directly to the colonies at a lower price, while still keeping a tax on tea.

Colonial View: Colonists saw the Tea Act as another unfair tax and a way for Britain to control them, leading to protests like the Boston Tea Party, where they dumped British tea into the harbor.

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British View: Punished Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party by closing the harbor and limiting self-government.

Colonial View: Colonists formed the First Continental Congress and united to boycott British goods in protest.