The Townshend Acts: These acts imposed new taxes on a variety of goods, including glass, paper, lead, and tea. The taxes were seen as unfair because they were levied without the consent of the colonists, and they were used to pay for British troops stationed in the colonies.
The Tea Act: This act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in the colonies, and it allowed the company to ship tea directly to the colonies without paying taxes. The Tea Act was seen as unfair because it threatened the livelihood of American merchants who had previously been able to sell tea without paying taxes.
The Intolerable Acts: These acts were a series of punitive measures that were passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party. The acts included the Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea that had been destroyed; the Massachusetts Government Act, which stripped the Massachusetts colony of its charter and put it under the direct control of the British Parliament; the Quartering Act, which required colonists to provide shelter for British troops; and the Quebec Act, which expanded the boundaries of the province of Quebec and granted religious freedom to Catholics. The Intolerable Acts were seen as unfair because they were a violation of the colonists' rights as British subjects.