Timeline of Revenue Acts

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  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The Sugar Act was placed in hopes to make money out of the colonies from the British. This act was to make funds for the British army after the win of the French and Indian War as they were in North America. The colonists resisted this by saying that they didn't have a saying in the act and they made organizations to prevent the Stamp Act. The British were seeing that the colonies did not want to cooperate so they felt pressured. They did not expect a mass revolt against the acts.

  • First Quartering Act

    First Quartering Act
    The First Quartering Act was for the soldiers left after the French and Indian War struggling to find a place to stay. Lieutenant-General Thomas Gage asked Parliament to help him with this and they stated Britain would give housing to those soldiers in the colonies. The colonists did not receive this act with peace and instantly complained that this violated the Bill of Rights and New York refused to comply. The British Government was forced to give up the act in 1767.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act was the first internal tax that was on the colonies. The British acted on this tax to help pay the soldiers in North America. This tax was for stamps to be bought and placed on documents. Once this tax was sent, the colonists almost immediately started complaining. Once they knew that the tax was a direct tax on them, they revolted against it. This was a similar reaction to the Sugar Act but with more resistance. The British did not expect this resistance that the colonies gave.

  • Townshed Acts: The Revenue Act

    Townshed Acts: The Revenue Act
    The first act of the Townshend Acts was the Revenue stating taxes on imported goods. The British thought the colonies would cooperate with taxes that were indirect. This theory was wrong as the colonies still resisted. The colonists received this by making secret organizations against Britain. Britain on the other hand would keep the act until partially repealing the act in the Boston Masacre.

  • Second Quartering Act

    Second Quartering Act
    The Second Quartering Act was passed after the First Quartering Act. This act was similar to the First Quartering Act as it supplied the soldiers with other housing options. If a colonial government had laws regarding housing, The law was not enforced. The colonies acted the same with the Quartering Act that was already passed. Britain expired this act on March 24, 1776, because of the resistance from the colonies.