British Taxation

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act

    The Navigation act were trade rules that governed buying and selling gods between Britain and their colonies.
  • Molasses Act

    Molasses Act

    The Molasses act protected the West Indies from exporting goods to the Americans Colonies.
  • Currency Act

    Currency Act

    The currency Act banned colonies from using paper money to make sure that money has a value.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act imposed a 7 pounds a ton on wine imported from Madeira, the Azores and Canary Islands.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act intended to raise revenue by requiring the purchase of stamps to be placed on public documents, there were 55 documents subject to duty.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    The Quartering act required colonial assemblies to provide housing, food and drink to British troops.
  • Declaration  Act

    Declaration Act

    The declaration act made sure the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    Because of the Townshend Act revenue raised salaries for colonial officers and its administration.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Tea act made the East India Company the only place where people can get tea and that stopped smuggling
  • Intolerable Act or Coercive Act

    Intolerable Act or Coercive Act

    The Coercive Acts were made up of five laws: Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act and Quebec Act.