They were alarmed. They felt that the Sugar Act took away some of their basic rights. It took away their right to a jury. A lawyer, James Otis had stated that they shouldn't be taxed by the...
The colonists reacted to the stamp act by boycotting it, but sometimes they would comprimise by giving the buyer a stamp without paying the tax if the buyer would pay the person stamping it.
The actual name for the acts was the Coercive Acts and this is important to know because the purpose of the acts was to punish Massachusetts for its resistance to parliamentary rule ( in particular...