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The Sugar Act of 1764
The Plantation Act, also known as the Sugar Act, was the first of the Revenue Acts to be passed, on April 5, 1764. In the words of one historian, it brought a “new realism to the regulation of foreign trade in America.” -
Currency Act of 1764
The Currency Act of 1764 extended to the nine colonies south of New England a prohibition on the emission of paper money and required that all existing colonial currency be withdrawn, although not immediately. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act, ratified by royal assent on March 22, 1765, had been under consideration since September 1763 and was first introduced in the House of Commons in March 1764. It applied to the colonies a stamp tax on all sorts of paper—from newspapers to legal documents to playing cards—that had been in place in England for more than a century. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. -
The Tea Act of 1773
The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies.
