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Sugar Act
This act was a attempt to tax people before the stamp act was passed but it was easily circumvented. This act taxed molasses. -
Currency Act
This was an act that taxed the american colonies but the americans resented this and found ways to avoid paying these taxes. This act also regulated paper money issued by the colonies. -
The stamp act
The first direct tax on the american colonies. The colonist boycotted the taxes until the parliament was pressured to much and then the stamp act was repealed the fallowing year. Things like playing cards, printed paper, newspapers, legal documents, licenses. -
Declaratory Act
This act told about parliaments ability to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever. many leaders in the western hemisphere found this threatening -
Quartering Act
This act required American colonies to provide food and shelter for British troops. This act was soundly trashed in the colonial assemblies. This act was repealed at the same time the Stamp act was repealed.
