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They felt the Proclamation was a plot to keep them under the strict control of England and that the British only wanted them east of the mountains so they could keep an eye on them. As a result, colonists rebelled against this law just like they did with the mercantile laws.

They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation. They were also angry because the colonists were forced to let British soldiers sleep and eat in their homes.

How did the British government react to the protesters of the Stamp Act? Ordered colonial assembleys to provide British troops with housing. Asked why they should pay to keep troops in their colony because they didn't do anything and took up space. Refusing to let the assembleys meet until it agreed to obey the act.

The American colonists refused to obey the Stamp Act. They also refused to buy British goods. Almost one thousand storeowners signed non-importation agreements. This cost British businessmen so much money that they demanded that the government cancel the Stamp Act.

The Act resulted in violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be "No Taxation without Representation" and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax to which they had not agreed through representation in Parliament.

The colonists were so upset about the passage of the Stamp Act because it meant that they would be paying taxes directly to the British government although they had no representation in the British Parliament.

Colonists felt that the Stamp Act taxed them unfairly because they lacked representation in British Parliament. The phrase "taxation without representation" expressed the colonists' indignation at not being represented by the lawmakers taxing them.

Repeal of the Stamp Act. Although some in Parliament thought the army should be used to enforce the Stamp Act (1765), others commended the colonists for resisting a tax passed by a legislative body in which they were not represented. The act was repealed, and the colonies abandoned their ban on imported British goods.