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The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended the seven years war AKA The French and Indian War. technically the english won the war forcing the french into Canada and out of British territory. But what the war also did was leave Great Britain with massive amounts of debt. This debt is what pushed parliament to sign the revenue acts. source-https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/treaty-of-paris -
The Sugar Act
Looking to raise money by increasing profits from the star trade in the americas, parliament actually cut the tax on molasses and sugars comping into the colonies but took steps so that the tax was actually enforced. This angered the colonists even though they were still taxed less than subjects in England. source-http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.html -
The Stamp Act
The short lived stamp act, was the first tax to directly be placed on colonial citizens. the stamp act taxed all paper legal documents. Colonists were so outraged by this that they began to protest and intimidate tax collectors and even held the first collection of elected representatives of the colonists. The stamp act was eventually repealed in 1766. -
The Townshend acts
Now in desperate need of money and competing for the loyalty of its officials in the colonies parliament passes the Townshend acts. named after the man who created this taxes Charles Townshend, these acts taxed everything from glass to tea. These taxes further drove the english government and colonial America apart. All taxes from the Townshend act were eventually repealed except for the tax on tea
