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the sugar act was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate. In response to the Sugar, Act colonists formed an organized boycott of luxury goods imported from Great Britain. Although warnings were issued that the traffic could bear no more than that, the government of Prime Minister George Grenville refused to listen and placed a three-penny duty upon foreign molasses in the act
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The Quartering Acts were two or more Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food.American colonists resented and opposed the Quartering Act. When the New York Provincial Assembly refused to provide funds to cover the costs of feeding and housing these men as required by the law. In response, the British Parliament voted to suspend the Provincial Assembly until it complied with the act.
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an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. 10 years after the stamp act was passed, the colonists rose in armed rebellion against the British. The British colonies repealed the stamp act.
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The Townshend Acts would use the revenue raised by the duties to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges, ensuring the loyalty of America's governmental officials to the British Crown. However, these policies prompted colonists to take action by boycotting British goods. The British responded by sending naval and military officials to Boston to enforce the Acts, setting the stage for the Boston Massacre in 1770.
