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1 Taxes  Great Britain’s had huge debt from French and Indian War  Britain taxed colonists to raise money to pay back its debt

2 Sugar Act  1764  Tax on sugar, coffee, indigo, certain wines  Banned importing rum and French wine  Put many local merchants out of business  Enacted without consent of colonists  “Taxation without representation”

3 Stamp Act  November 1765  All paper products required to have stamp, or British seal  Stamp cost money  Sons of Liberty formed in response to Stamp Act

4  Sons of Liberty  Secret organization of American colonists  Initially formed to protest Stamp Act  Protested against British in general  Sometimes attacked British agents

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