American Revolution

  • Sugar act

    The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act is a name given to two or more Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of the American colonies to provide the British with soldiers with housing and food.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the British colonies and plantations in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in london.
  • Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts were a series of British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British in North America.
  • Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts.