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In 1764, The Sugar Act was passed by parliament, which encouraged American colonists to buy sugar and molasses from British colonies by taking taxes in the imported good from French, Dutch or the Caribbean colonies. This also ended ant smuggling of any kinds of sugar or molasses. Merchants a colonist were upset with the Sugar Act because it hurt their trade, and they felt it violated rights as Americans. “No taxation without representation.” This caused many colonists to be frustrated. -
In 1765, Th Stamp Act was passed by parliment. This act was created for the British government to make money for their government. This was the first act as a direct taxation by Britain to the American colonies. Colonists refused to use the stamps, merchants refused to buy imported goods from Britain. This caused riots. Colonists believed they had no right to tax Americans without consent. Colonists developed resolutions against the British and sent it into them. -
In 1766, The Declaratory Act was passed by parliament, which caused direct taxation. The Declaratory Acts made the colonist anger, because there was now a new threat that was out to tear away their independence. -
In 1767, The Townshend Acts were passed by parliament. This increased all taxes on colonists for British to gain more money. This increased tension between Great Britain and the colonies. This made lots of colonist furious. To rebel, they created a criticizing letter to send to the other colonies. This also created protests and boycotts. -
In 1773, The Tea Act was passed by parliament. The Tea Act reduced the tax on tea shipped from the British East India Company, because they had over millions of tea that needed to seek quickly and making the tax cheaper would be appealing to colonist to make them order tea. However, the Tea Act worries merchants. They believed the British were out to tear apart their business.