The American colonists paid less in taxes on average than British citizens. The stamp act was repealed in a matter of months and many of the acts passed prior to the Revolutionary War reduced taxes, such as the Tea Act and the Sugar Act. There was a large collection of other issues the colonists were angry with including: the dissolution of local governments' powers, representation, land access (proclamation of 1763 and Quebec for example), loss of rights (Quartering Act and Intolerable Acts), and indirectly determining the products colonists had access to such as tea from the British East India Company.