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The Iron Act
Passed to slow the manufacturing of iron finished goods in the colonies and to increase the production of iron and its export to Britain. -
The Sugar Act
Halfed the tax on Molasses. It was evedent that it had other purposes though, like to increase revenue and to regulate trade on the market -
The Currency Act
Passed to regulate the issue of legal tender from Britain to the colonies. -
The Stamp Act
Imposed a tax on all paper products that the colonists purchased. This sparked outrage throughout the colonies about the high text. -
The Quatering Act
Required the colonists to house Britiish soldiers in barracks provided by the colonists. If the Barracks were to small to house the soldiers then they would be relocated to inns, livery stables, Victualling houses, and the houses of wine selllers. -
The Townshend Acts
Imposed duties on Gass, Lead, Paints, paper, and tea inported into the colonies. The colonists saw taxation as an abuse of power by the British government. -
The Boston Massacre
A group of colonists gathered at The Customs House in Boston and began to taunt the British soldieres guarding the building. This escalated to them throwing snowballs at them, and soon the officers firing at the colonists. -
The Tea Act
Designed to keep the East India Tea company from going bankrupt, It greatly lowered the Tea tax they paid to the British government thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American Tea trade. -
The Boston Tea Party
At about midnight, Samuel Adams and a small group of the Sons of Liberty boarded a boat dressed as Native Americans and dumped all of the tea into Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
The coersive acts were known to the colonists as the Intolerable acts. These were meant to bring about the submission of the colonists. These acts were The Quatering act, the Massachussets Government act, the Boston Port act, and the Admistration of government act. These were passed in resonse to the Boston Tea Party