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Navigation Acts
This act controlled what ships carried to and from England, and who the colonists could trade with. Colonists got angry that they could only sell to England, and ended up smuggling many of their items to other countries. England got very mad at them for that. (Image “Navigation Acts (1651, 1660).” NCpedia, www.ncpedia.org/navigation-acts-1651-1660.
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was declared by the British as a tax upon all sugars and molasses in America. The colonists felt that this restricted their freedom and that it was unfair to tax them without representation. So, they boycotted British sugar and molasses. Later on the British government decided to take back the tax to stop losing money. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act put a tax on all paper products like paper and stamps. The colonists got very upset at this, and boycotted the products. They also started the Sons of Liberty, which was a secret police that fought taxation in colonial America. Britain was upset at America, but seeing as they didn't make money anymore they took back the tax. -
Decaratory Act
This act was made by the British saying that they controlled any law and tax over the colonies. The colonists didn't like this because they felt that it controlled them too much so that they weren't independent at all. England didn't like all the unrest that the colonists were causing because of this act. -
Townshed Act
The Townshend Act put a tax on many more items like paper, glass, sugar tea etc. It was made to help Britain get money from the colonies again. Of course, the colonists didn't like this taxation without representation, so this got them angry. Eventually, they had the Boston Tea Party in retaliation. Of course, Britain was very mad at this rebellion so they put very strict laws on the colonies.
