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The Sugar Act
A revenue-raising tax passed by British Parliament onto the colonists. The Act forced colonists to pay tax on things like molasses and sugar. The colonists were angered by the sugar act and made sure that British Parliment knew about it by sending letters. The act was repealed in 1765 and replaced with another controversial Act, The Stamp Act. -
The Stamp Act
In order to get out of debt from the Seven-Years War, British Parliment levied the Stamp Act. The Act imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. Colonists revolted and formed mobs because the Act was unconstitutional (taxation without representation). They threatened tax collectors and the Boston massacre was a result. Parliament finally repealed the act in 1766. -
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The Townshend Acts
Taxes were imposed on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. Colonists formed the group called the Sons of Liberty and rebelled against the acts. Parliament repealed all Townshend taxes, except for the tax on tea, in 1770. -
The Tea Act
When Parliament passed the Tea Act, the colonists began boycotting the East India Company's tea. When three ships carrying East India tea arrived in the Boston Harbor, the Sons of Liberty snuck aboard the ships that night and dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor, this is known as the Boston Tea Party. Parliament was enraged by the Boston Tea Party and passed the Coercive Acts, otherwise known as the Intolerable Acts. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed by Parliament in order to punish the colonists for their protests against all of the previous Acts. The Intolerable Acts consisted of 5 separate Acts: Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration Justice Act, Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. The Intolerable Acts were what caused the colonists to declare war on Great Brittain to gain their independence.
