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British Actions Colonial Reactions Sugar Act 1764 - Taxed sugar, molasses, and other imported items. Some colonists refused to pay taxes. Stamp Act 1765 - Taxed every piece of printed paper including newspapers, & playing cards. “No taxation without representation” Townshend Acts 1767 - Taxed IMPORTED goods The Boston Massacre Tea Act 1773 - Colonists could only buy tea from the East India Tea Company Boycott of tea & The Boston Tea Party (an act of civil disobedience) The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts 1774 - Closed the Boston Harbor & prohibited colonial meetings Punishment for the Boston Tea Party First Continental Congress – sent a petition to the King to remind him of the colonists rights.