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1764 Sugar Act
The Sugar Act placed taxes on sugar and molasses, it made the price of these products increase. This helped pay for the money that Great Britain lost in the French and Indian war. The colonists hated the Sugar Act. They even sent letters to the Parliament to try and stop the Sugar Act. Great Britain's Government repealed the Sugar Act in 1765, due to anger from the colonists. However, the Stamp Act was then applied. -
1765 Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required the purchase of stamps to be placed on public documents. This tax revenue helped pay for the money that Britain lost in the French and Indian war. Colonial reaction to the Stamp Act ranged from boycotts of British troops to riots and attacks on tax collectors. There was a congress called the "Stamp Act Congress." They wrote up a statement saying that the British should have no power. The British government ended the Stamp Act in 1766. -
1765 Quartering Act
The act required colonial assemblies to provide housing, food and drink to British troops stationed in their towns with the purpose of improving living conditions and decreasing the cost to the crown. The Colonists did not like this act and sometimes even didn't provide quartering. The British Government saw this as an opportunity to pay back the debt that they owed to the soldiers that fought in the war. -
1766 Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was a measure issued by British Parliament asserting its authority to make laws binding the colonists “in all cases whatsoever” including the right to tax. Colonists argued that they were represented only in their provincial assemblies making them the only legislative body legally able to levy internal taxes in the colonies. They did not want any "Taxation without Representation." Great Britain established this act to grant themselves taxation freedom in the Colonies. -
1767 Townshend Act
The Act imposed import duties on 72 items including paint, tea, glass and paper. The revenue raised from it was to provide for the salaries of colonial officers and its administration. The Colonists became angry with these acts. The British Government thought it was a good idea to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War.
