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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1764. It was designed to raise revenue from the American colonies by increasing the duties on sugar imported from the West Indies. The act also established new measures to enforce compliance with the trade laws, intending to crack down on smuggling and increase British control over colonial trade. It was met with strong resistance from the American colonists. The colonists also saw it as interference with their trade and smuggling activities. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means for the British government to raise revenue from the American colonies to help pay off the debt from the French and Indian War, mandated that all legal documents and printed materials in the American colonies carry a tax stamp. The colonists reacted with protests and boycotts, arguing that it violated the Bill of Rights. The widespread opposition led to the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. -
Quartering Act
They had to provide housing, food, drink, fuel, and transportation. During the French and Indian War, colonists had supplied provisions for the soldiers but the soldiers found it difficult to persuade colonists postwar. The commander, Lieutenant General Thomas Gage, had asked parliament to do something about this. The colonists disputed this act since it violated no taxation without representation in the Bill of Rights. All of the colonies, except Pennsylvania, refused the Quartering Act.