U3A1: Timeline of Revenue Acts

By dayna57

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    It extended the Molasses Act. It changed the tax on imports from the Caribbean from 6 cents per gallon to 3 cents per gallon. Also gave the British Courts the right to try colonial smugglers. The colonists were angry and wrote 50 letters to the Parliament about the Sugar Act. The British Government repealed the Sugar Act and replaced it with the Stamp Act.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Every legal document had to be written on specially stamped paper, showing proof of payment. Any documents that were written on any paper other than stamped paper would be considered illegal. Other items that had to have the stamp would be newspaper, dice, and playing cards. The colonists reacted by having a widespread boycott on British goods. The British reacted by repealing the act after a year because they were business-starved.

  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    The Townshend Act did the following: taxation on glass, paper, lead, and tea, suspended New York legislature until it complied with the Quartering Act, allowed tea to be imported to the colonies, and restructured the custom service in the Colonies. The colonists once again boycotted and the British revoked the taxes on everything except of the tea.

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    It was meant to bail out the floundering East India Company. It also ended up reviving the boycott on tea. The colonists reacted by dumping loads of tea overboard. The British Government shut down Boston Harbor until all the tea was paid for.

  • Intolerabale Acts

    Intolerabale Acts
    It is a series of acts the British Parliament passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party. It had four parts: close down the port of Boston until all the tea is paid for, any officer or soldier from the British Government that was arrested could be sent to England for trial, colonists have to quarter the British Soldiers, and changed the charter of Massachusetts. The colonists vocally said they didn't like it and the British Government didn't do anything because the Act was their punishment.

  • Citations

    1. A View of the Town of Boston in New England and British Ships of War Landing Their Troops, 1768. Boston Public Library. Digital image. The Tea Act. Historic Tours of America, 2018. Web. 19 June 2018.
    2. History Today. 'O! the Fatal Stamp': A Response to the Stamp Act Published in the Pennsylvania Journal, 1765. Digital image. The Stamp Act. History Today, 2018. Web. 19 June 2018.
    3. MrNussbaum. Townshend Act. Digital image. Townshend Acts. Nussbaum Education Network, 2015. Web. 19 June 2018.

  • Citations Cont.

    1. Siteseen Ltd. Sugar Cane Plantation. Digital image. Sugar Act. Siteseen Ltd, Feb. 2017. Web. 19 June 2018.
    2. This Patriot Cartoon Depicting the Coercive Acts as the Forcing of Tea on a Native American Woman (a Symbol of the American Colonies) Was Copied and Distributed in the Thirteen Colonies. Digital image. Intolerable Acts. Wikipedia, 9 June 2018. Web. 19 June 2018.