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The Currency Act
The Currency Act was put in place with the Sugar Act. Though the Currency Act had a different objective. It's objective was to convert the colonists to a gold and silver currency system. This prohibited the creation of new bills, but would present a new problem, no one in the colonies had gold and silver. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was the first act in to tax the colonists. It was an act that said if you bought sugar there would be a tax that increased the price. It wasn't a big tax but was enough to make colonists upset. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act followed the Currency and Sugar act as a way to tax the good that were being exported from the colonies. Meaning that any good from the colonies could not make it outside the ports unless there was a stamp showing that the tax required to transport the good was paid. -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was like the opposite of the stamp act, instead of taxing the goods being exported, the colonists were now being taxed for the goods being imported. This is were the colonists started getting really upset and started banding together. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act would be the final straw before the Boston tea party. Though the act wasn't supposed to create revenue from the colonies, and didn't even impose any taxes, it still wasn't appreciated in the colonies.