Timeline of Revenue Acts

By SeikSugaloth
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    French and Indian Wars

  • 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    Government reaction: Repealed Stamp Act following year due to pressure by business-starved British merchants.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.
    Government reaction: ???

  • 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.
    Government reaction: ???

  • 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.
    Government reaction: ???

  • Timeline created on Revenue Acts

    Sources:
    Ushistory.org. "The Stamp Act Controversy." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, 2016. Link. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.. September 22, 2016. Alchin, Linda. "Townshend Acts." Colonial America. N.p., Apr. 2015. Link.Web. 22 Sept. 2016.