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Sugar Acts
(1764-1765)
-A description of what it did
Increased resistance from the colonies
Passed by the Parliament
-The Colonists reaction
Concerned about their rights as British citizens
-British Government’s reaction
Reducing the rate by half
Expanding measure to effectively
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Stamp Act
(1765)
-A description of what it did
The first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government imposed a tax on all paper documents in colonies
-Colonies reaction
The act was unconstitutional
-British reaction
Repealed in 1766, but reaffirmed its authority to pass any colonial legislation -
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The Quartering Act
(May 15, 1765)
-A description of what it did
Required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies
-Reaction of colonies
Disliked being commanded to provide quarter for British troops
-Reaction of British
Important that colonies should pay their share of the costs of keeping these men in America -
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Declaratory Act
(1766)
-A description of what it did
Accompained the repeal of the Stamp Act
-The Colonists reaction
They were incomplete authrity to make binding laws on the American colonies
-British Government’s reaction
Lost sight of the significance of the Declaratory Act -
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Tea Act
(1773)
-A description of what it did
To bail out the floundering East India Company
-The Colonists reaction
Never accepted the constitutionally of the duty on tea
-British Government’s reaction
Granted the company a monopoly on the importation and the sale of tea in the colonies; stifle colonial resistance to British rule