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Sugar Act
-Indirect tax(out of sight = out of mind)
-Duties on molasses and sugar -
Stamp Act
.Tax on all paper products .Official stamp/seal on all paper items(proof tax was paid) .Purchased only with valuable silver coins
.If didn't purchase=fined or jailed -Direct Tax -(in your face tax) -
Declaratory Act
.Parliament declares it has power to make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever” .Parliament passes this to save face -
Townshend Act
.Taxes on glass,lead,paints,paper,and tea .Searched for smuggled goods -
Tea Act
.Passed in 1773 and allowed British East India Company (BEIC) to sell tea directly to colonists
-Lower prices than colonists merchant prices
-Tax Tea cheaper than smuggled tea
-Less smuggling = more tax money -
Intolerable Acts
.Passed to punish Boston for Tea Party
-Boston Harbor Closed until tea paid for
- massachusetts charter canceled -
Quartering Act
-Quartering Act required colonists to house soldiers
.”If a soldier comes knocking at the door….
you're sleeping on the floor”