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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act taxed all sugar and by-products of sugar. It was a pre-existing tax but then became heavily enforced.
Unrest-o-meter: 5
Colonists were unhappy, leading to protests and riots. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act regulated the printing of currency in colonies.
Unrest-o-meter: 3
Colonists organized protests across colonies and blamed the act for causing various economic faults. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a tax imposed on colonists to pay for barracks and soldiers' provisions. However, the colonists were angry that they were still required to house and feed soldiers in their homes with their own money.
Unrest-o-meter: 2
Colonists were angry and felt threatened by soldiers.
Dubbed as 'Intolerable Act' -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first time colonists were directly taxed on things they bought. They were taxed on paper goods such as stamps, newspapers, and legal documents.
Unrest-o-meter: 7
Colonists organized protests and riots. This led to violence and tension between colonists and Britain.. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of 4 laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the Massachusetts Bay Colony after the Boston Tea Party. The four laws passed were called 'The Quartering Act', 'The Boston Port Act', the 'Massachusetts Government Act', and the 'Administration of Justice Act'.
Unrest-o-meter: 9
There was strong colonial resistance; which Led to the first Continental Meeting and led to further resistance towards Britain.