HELP ! How did the Patriots feel about the Currency & Stamp Act . (Please give a full reasoning) -Help for studying-

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They were outraged and felt they were being oppressed by the british govt. They thought it was unfair to tax them if they are not represented in parliament (famously called taxation without representation). Parliament simply brushed off their protests, claiming that the colonists had "virtual representation" in parliament even though there were no actual colonist representatives, which in turn, pissed them off even more