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The revised Sugar Act was passed on April 5, 1764, and went into effect on September 29. It kept a high tariff on foreign refined sugar and forbade the importation of any foreign rum. the act also lowered tax on molasses -
In order to assist in funding British soldiers stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War, the British Parliament passed the "Stamp Act" on March 22, 1765. The act mandated that the colonists pay a fee on different types of paper, documents, and playing cards, which was represented by a stamp. -
Parliament issued the Townshend Acts, imposing taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea in order to help cover the costs of running the American colonies. Not importing. The colonies once more chose to forbid the purchase of British imports in reaction to higher charges. -
The British East India Company Tea was given the exclusive right to sell tea in the American colonies by the Tea Act, which was approved by Parliament on May 10, 1773. This was the final straw that inspired a group of Sons of Liberty members to dress like Mohawk Indians on the evening of December 16, 1773, board three ships that were anchored in Boston Harbor, and destroy more than ninety-two thousand pounds of tea. -
The British Parliament passed a set of four laws known as the Coercive Acts of 1774, or the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, as retaliation against the province of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. The Administration of Justice Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Quartering Act, and the Boston Port Act were the four statutes. -
The Quebec Act set forth the Province of Quebec's governing procedures. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 gave Great Britain ownership of the territory from France. The Act established a governor with the backing of a legislative council, defining the organizational framework of the province government. -
The Prohibition Act, enacted by Great Britain in December 1775, eliminated the colonies' protection under the monarchy, outlawed trade with them, and permitted the seizure of American ships at sea. "Letters of marque and reprisal" were issued in response by the Continental Congress, allowing Americans to arm private ships for the purpose of attacking and seizing British ships and goods in the ocean.