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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed on April 5th, of 1764. Basically, what it did was add a 3 cent tax on all foreign sugar. The colonists' reaction were some riots and Boston and burning of British establishments. The British were getting paid by this tax, so they were happy. -
Currency Act
The Currency was passed to help control the colonial currency system. Basically the British did not allow the colonists to print their own money. The colonists reaction to this was to become rebellious. The British were satisfied because they could control the colonists. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax that made every colonists pay extra for every piece of paper they used. The colonists' reaction was boycotting several British goods. The British reaction was good because they used the extra money to pay for the Seven Years War. -
Townshed Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of taxes and laws. This got an angry reaction out of the colonists and the British were happy about that. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the final act imposed by the British. It was established to bring back the East India Tea Company, which was losing money. The colonists' reaction was the forming of the Boston Tea Party. The British only really reacted to the Boston Tea Party which caused a fight. -
Works Cited
25, Shelbert. "5 Acts/policies Imposed by the British after the French and." Prezi.com. N.p., 29 Sept. 2015. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. "A Report on Reaction to the Stamp Act, 1765." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016.