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The Sugar Act
-The sugar act was enacted April 5, 1764.
-It cut foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon
-The colonies opposed the Sugar Act because they felt that there should be no "taxation without representation"
-The british thought that by putting out the Sugar act that they would reduce the amount of molasses smuggling -
The Stamp Act
-The stamp act was enacted March 22, 1765
-It made it so every paper had to have a stamp on it
-This made the colonists so mad that they started rioting until it got repealed
-The British thought that it was a smart way to get more money without taking their own people in England
-The British were eventually convinced to repeal it -
The Quartering Act
-The quartering act was enacted March 24, 1765
-It made it so the colonists had to pay or find housing and feed the British Soldiers
-The colonists hated this act because they feared that the soldiers were there to take their freedom
-The British thought that this was a great way to keep the soldiers in the colonies without paying for them -
The Townshend Act
-The townshend act was enacted June 15, 1765
-It made it so there were taxes on imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
-The colonists boycotted British goods and protested in spite
-The British sent naval and military officials to Boston to enforce the act -
The Boston Port Act
-The boston port act was enacted March 31, 1774
-The act closed the port and made the colonists pay a large fine for all the tea thrown into the water
-The colonists sent a letter to the rest of the colonies asking for their support and to boycott British goods
-The British thought that this would teach the colonists a lesson and they would stop their rebelling but it did neither