Timeline of Revenue Acts

  • Molasses Act

    the Molasses Act is a British law that imposed a tax on molasses, sugar, and rum imported from non-British foreign colonies into the North American colonies.
  • Sugar Act

    The Act set a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies which impacted the manufacture of rum in New England.
  • Stamp Act

    The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
  • Quartering Act

    Required the American colonies to provide quarters (lodging) to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
  • Townshend Revenue Acts

    Duties aimed not merely at regulating trade but at putting money into the British treasury.