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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act added a charge of three pence per pound of sugar, per the British Parliament. The colonists were not happy about the tax. Though they were mad about the tax, they were more mad about the fact that they didn't feel that they had any say in the Parliament, and shouldn't be getting taxed because of that. Now, after the outrage from the colonists, the British Government issued the Stamp Act. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act stated that stamps must be bought from the British government and subsequently placed on all of the colonists' important documents like playing cards, newspapers, and court papers. The colonists were, as you can imagine, not happy. The act was put in place to pay for the British troops stationed in the colonies, whom the colonists didn't even want there in the first place. After the uproar of the Stamp act, the British government saw to the Declaratory Act. -
The Declarative Act
The Declarative Act stated that the British government had the power to tax the colonists and would keep on continuing to tax them as such. The colonists were not particularly thrilled, you could say, and despised the British government. Not just because of the act, but that it meant that there were more taxes to come. The British government wanted to further assert their dominance over the colonies, and followed with the Townshend Acts. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of severe taxes placed upon the colonies. These taxes included taxation on imported goods such as tea, paint, paper, lead, and glass. The colonists were in a fury after these taxes were instated and started to riot in Boston, where all of the taxes were being collected. There were then four British Army regiments sent to keep the peace there. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was implemented to help the East India Company, which worked as a key player in Britain's economy at the time. The colonists then started what is now called the Boston Tea Party, where they boarded East India Company ships and threw their tea overboard. After the fact, the British Parliament closed down the Boston Harbor and kept it that way until all of the tea that was thrown overboard had been paid for. -
Works Cited
“Britain Begins Taxing The Colonies: The Sugar & Stamp Acts (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/sugar-and-stamp-acts.htm#:~:text=Enacted%20on%20April%205%2C%201764,importation%20of%20all%20foreign%20rum. “The Declaratory Act.” The American Revolution, http://www.ouramericanrevolution.org/index.cfm/page/view/p0062. Idaho Digital Learning Alliance, https://portal.idiglearning.net/. -
Works Cited (Continued)
“Tea Act.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 9 Nov. 2009, https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/tea-act#:~:text=In%20an%20effort%20to%20save,sell%20tea%20in%20the%20colonies.