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Revenue Acts
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act, also known as the Plantation Act or the Revenue Act, was enacted in 1764 by the British Parliament to stop the smuggling of molasses and sugar into the colonies. The tax was high on sugar. The colonists disliked this and protested a lot, two years later the British Parliament finally acknowledged the colonists protests and lowered the tax. The British only enacted this tax to raise funding for military spending after the French and Indian War. -
Currency Act
In the colonies, there were many different types of currencies, from Spain, France, and more. George Grenville decided that paper money would no longer and a different form of currency would be used. Colonists were furious and protested since paper money was considered worthless. The British Parliament did not repeal and this began another spark of the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was enacted in 1765 and it was the first tax to be directly put on the colonists. It taxed all paper documents in the colonies, (even playing cards). The British did this because they were in debt after the Seven Years War. The colonists opposed this and went to such lengths as to even take and ruin some of the paper. The British Parliament later repealed this act, listening to the colonists protests and this sparked a later uprising against the British Crown. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act, enacted in 1766, was made shortly thereafter the Stamp Act was repealed. It showed that the taxing authority of the British Parliament was the same in the colonies as it was in Great Britain. The colonists did not dispute it, out of the fear of punishment. The British then just continued with the act. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act, enacted in 1773, was not used to aquire revenue from the colonies, but to get bail out the East India Company, the East India Company was granted to import tea into the colonies, and for the East India Company to make money, the Tea needed to be taxed. The colonists were not happy about this and this later sparked the American Revolution. As well as the saying, "no taxation without representation. Due to colonists protests, the act was repealed in 1776. -
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