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Sugar Act
The sugar act was when the British added taxes to the purchase of sugar, they were adding this to gain money back after the war. They passed this and it was supposed to give them an advantage over the french businesses. After this the colonists began to smuggle in and buy French goods in hopes of resisting the tax. Then after the failure with this he British removed the tax and created a new act called the Stamp Act. -
Currency Act
An act that made the Parliament in England control money in the colonies and to allow them to actually pay for things with their money
This act resulted in the colonies having a harder time with money and started to draw a line between them and Britain however the British were very happy with the money that they gained from it. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a fee that said anything printed had to have a stamp on it that proved that they had payed the printing tax.
This resulted in the colonists meeting and boycotting the acts and not printing anything on paper. Part of the reason they boycotted was because the Sons of Liberty organized it.
As a result of the boycotting the British were forced to removed the Stamp Act because they were not gaining any money from this. -
Townshend acts
A set of taxes that were set aft the stamp act was taken away.
The colonist stopped buying products that came from the British due to that acts that were put on almost everything and were leaving many colonists who bought things from there very poor.
The British then removed all of the Townshend Acts as a result of the Boston Massacre except for one, the Tea Act -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an act that let the East India Tea Company control tea sales in the colonies. It was also the last of the Townshend acts.
This resulted in the Boston Tea Party which was organized by the Sons of Liberty, shortly after this the Committee of Correspondence was put together
After this they got incredibly against each other and the war came close to starting
