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French and Indian Wars
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Sugar Act
What it did: First direct tax on colonies. All legal documents must be on taxed paper. Newspaper, dice, and cards also taxed.
Colony reaction: The act was "soundly thrashed in colonial assemblies". Tax collectors harassed.
Government reaction: Repealed Stamp Act following year due to pressure by business-starved British merchants. -
Revenue Act
What it did: Set taxes on British goods.
Colonists reaction: Smuggled tea. "No taxation without representation."
Government reaction: It helped pay off the debt of the French Indian Wars... -
Indemnity Act
What it did: Removed taxes on British tea. (More Americans would buy this rather than smuggle Dutch tea).
Colonists reaction: Still drank smuggled tea.
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Commissioners of Customs Act
What it did: Made new customs enforcement. Included new customs officials & tax collectors. Gave tax collectors to search ships and warehouses without official regulation.
Colonists reaction: Outrage.
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New York Restraining Act
What it did: Threatened to suspend the New York Assembly unless the Quartering Act of 1765 was fully complied with.
Colonists reaction: General disagreement.
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