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The Revenue Acts
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Revenue Acts
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. Although the British Government were happy since this act was raising money for the British Military, the Colonists reacted poorly to this new act due to it putting them in a harder place of poverty. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. This act was enforced by the British government to raise money for the war. The Colonists were furious by this act because they felt the taxes were unnecessary and unfair. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. The British did this to further expend funds on their military. Colonists had opposed the direct tax imposed by the Stamp Act, Townshend erroneously believed they would accept the indirect taxes. This further infuriated the colonists since they were being taxed without representation from their own party. -
Tea Act
The act granted companies the right to ship their tea directly to the colonies without first stopping in England, and to commission agents who would have the right to sell tea in the colonies. The British Government in a act to save there tea businesses the created the tea act. However the Colonists believed the Tea Act was a tactic to gain colonial support for the tax already enforced. As a result the colonists were furious. -
The Massachusetts Government Act
The Massachusetts Government Act restructured the Massachusetts government to give the royally-appointed more power. This act was created so the British could better regulate the government of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England. The Colonists were angry at this act since they now had no control of who would govern their province.