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Sugar Act
Placed tariffs on sugar, coffee wine, and some other items imported by colonies. The Colonists organized a boycott of luxury goods imported from Britain. The Sugar Act was then repealed, but then the British Government put in place the Stamp Act. -
Quartering Act
The quartering act was established to outline the locations and conditions of British soldiers who room and board in the American Colonies. This meant that the colonies had to provide bunkers for the soldiers to stay in. The colonists did not like this because they said it violated the Bill of Rights of 1689. British officers found it difficult to have the colonists pay for their rooms and food. -
Stamp Act
A stamp was placed on almost every legal document in the colonies. Which means that the colonists had to pay a tax on all these documents. They were outraged, they became rebellious/violent. The British were surprised at their reaction, they thought that they had the right to tax things because they are the "mother country". -
Declaratory Act
Allowed the British to make and pass laws for the colonies. This happened because the colonists weren't listening to the British, or paying the money that Britain wants. Because of this act the colonists were angry, because they didn't have that freedom they wanted from Britain. -
Townshend Act
This taxed a variety of imports like glass, lead, paper, paints, silk, and tea. Many colonists thought that the British were overstepping their constitutional relationship boundaries with colonies. The British assumed that the colonists would be okay with direct tax.
