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The Sugar Act Photo
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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was enacted on April 5, 1763. The British Parliament developed in order to raise up the Revenues of the 13 Colonies. The taxes became very strict and they increased on sugar, coffee, and all kinds of wine. The Colonists were very angry about this because they had to wast more of their money on something they did not want. -
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The Sugar Act part 2
French wine and a few other things were banned. Because they Colonists took action against the British government, the government was really hurt and they decided to end the act after there were people complaining about this. -
The Currency Act photo
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The Currency Act
The Currency Act was enacted on September 1, 1764. The currency act was created so that the Parliamentary could have more control over the economic system. The prevented from people to print money. This caused a lot of national debt. The colonists didn't like this because they had less money and power. However the government like this because they had more control and did make at least some profit. -
The Stamp Act
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The Stamp Act
The stamp act was enacted on March 22, 1765. The Stamp Act was when the British government increased the taxes for everyone on any type of paper. For example, books, licences, documents, and event the newspaper. They did this to raise money for military defense. The Colonist, again, did not like this and reacted by protesting against it. The government and Benjamin Franklin decided to end this act but also start the Declaratory act meaning they had power over all the colonies. -
The Townshed Act Photo
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The Townshed Act
This act was enacted in 1767. The Town shed act was made so that the colonists would get taxed more whenever they bought regular things like tea, paper, lead, glass, etc. This Act had other names to it swell; The Revenue act, Indemnity Act, etc. The colonists did not agree to this and would not even buy certain things unless they were stolen. The government did not react to this, but soon after this was the Boston Tea Party, and the American Revolution. -
The Tea Act photo
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The Tea Act
The Tea act was enacted in 1773. The Tea Act was supposed to increase the governments revenue. The American colonists could not buy tea, unless it was from the East India Company because that company was selling tea for not a large amount. The Colonists were very tired of all the 'Taxation without representation' and them having to pay all these taxes so they refused to unload the tea from the ships. -
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Tea Act Part 2
No one could figure something out and the tea was going to rot in the ships. So the Colonists dumped out all the tea on December 16 1773. This was the Boston Tea Party. This led to the British government into an enormously large amount of debt.
