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1764 Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed on April 5th, 1764, putting a tax on foreign sugar of 3 cent-tax and taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. Wine and rum were banned due to smuggling that's why the Act was created to prevent smuggling. Many colonists felt that the Sugar Act constituted a restriction of justice and continued to smuggle goods. The government enjoyed this idea because they would make money and prevent people from buying goods from other countries. -
1764 Currency Act
On September 1st, 1764 the Currency Act was passed to help control the colonial currency system. This act favored the hard currency system and was enforced. Prevented the colonies from the use of printing their own money. This act helped reduce the national debt. Many of the colonists didn't like this act because they weren't able to print their own money. The government enjoyed this because they were able to control the currency over most of the colonies while making a profit doing it. -
1765 Stamp Act
On March 22, 1765. This act would be a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies. The tax was created for all American colonist, they were required for Ships, paper, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and other printed papers. The colonists wanted this act gone. Benjamin Franklin appealed the Stamp Act in front of the British House of Commons. On the same day, the Declaratory Act, saying that the British government had to free legislative power over any colonies -
1767 Townshend Act
The act was passed by the English Parliament soon after the Stamp Act. The act was designed to collect money from the colonists in America by applying customs duties on imports of glass, lead, certain paints, paper, and tea. The colonists reacted to this act in many ways. They wouldn't buy tea unless it were smuggled, they felt this act was good along with the others. The government continued to tax the colonists' items without their consent. The American Revolution and Boston happened after -
1773 Tea Act
This act was not supposed to raise revenue in the American colonies. The Tea Act was designed to bring bring back up/expand the East India Company which was going down hill financially and suffered with around 18 million pounds of unsold tea. The colonist refused to unload the tea because of the taxation. The Tea Act gave the government large amounts of dept. The British government gave the company a monopoly on the imports and the sale of tea in the colonies.