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The Tea Act, which made tea cheaper by sending it straight to the colonies without going to Britain first. The Colonists weren't happy because they would have to buy the tea that was sent and at the fact that there were British officials running.
The colonists destroyed all of the tea (the Boston tea party), Making the British mad because not only were they in debt already but now they were millions of dollars in debt because of the colonists.
The Stamp Act was passed by the British government. After it was passed, the American colonists instituted a boycott of British goods.
Colonists were upset about the Stamp Act because the British were forcing taxes on every piece of printed paper that the Americans used.
they were being taxed with out being warned first.