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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is a modified version of The Sugar and Molasses Act which was passed in 1733. The Sugar Act was passed to try and help with all of the debt from The Seven Years' War and address the issue of smuggling. The act said that they taxed all sugar, molasses, and syrups. The act was passed to modify the Molasses Act, which had imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses, had never been effectively collected due to colonial evasion. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1765. The Stamp Act was issued on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on ship's papers, licenses, legal documents, newspapers, other publications, [also playing cards]. The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier. The British Parliament imposed this tax after the debt of the Seven Year War. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was passed to help the British Soldiers have a place to sleep and board. If the Government could not accommodate the soldiers in the barracks then the Colonists were required to give them a house and board. The Parliament wanted the British Soldiers to have an American Colonists board and room the soldiers because, there weren't always enough room in the barracks. -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Act were measures, passed by British Parliament in 1767. It taxed goods imported to the American colonies, but American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw it as more power. The British Parliament sent several troops to America to enforce the new laws, further heightening tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies in the "race" to the American Revolutionary War. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists. It's purpose was to stop "floundering" the East India Company, not to raise revenue from the colonies. The East India Company was a major factor in the British economy. The British gave them a monopoly for the sale of tea in the colonies. Parliament responded in a very upset manner. They sent a series of intense measures. Soon after, the war began. -
Coercive/ Intolerable Acts: Quebec Act
The Quebec Act removed all the territory and fur trade between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and awarded it to Quebec. By establishing French civil law and the Roman Catholic religion in the area, Britain acted toward Quebec’s settlers but raised the spectre of poppery before the mainly Protestant colonies to Canada’s south. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts: Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was a response to the Boston Tea Party. It was used to discontinue the landing and discharging, shipping of goods, and merchandise within the harbor. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts: MA Government Act and the Administration of Justice Act
The MA Government Act and the Administration of Justice Act was passed for the stated purpose of ensuring a fair trial for British officials.It ensured a fair trial fo those who were charged with capital offenses while upholding the law or starting protests in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
