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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act aimed to reduce the amount of smuggled goods especially sugar and molasses. This upset the colonists because one of their biggest industries relied on sugar which was the rum industry. This caused the industries to produce not as much rum as well at a higher price. The British Government used this act to slow the development of the colonists. -
The Currency Act
The Currency Act caused the colonists to not be able to print or issue any currency causing them to only get printed money from the British. This angered the colonists because they couldn't print their own money which caused a money shortage. This benefited the British Government because the colonists now had to rely on the British to supply their printed money. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act put a tax on printed materials such as newspapers and pamphlets. The colonists disliked this act because it increased the cost of many common things including playing cards. The British Government put this act into place to not only limit the colonists but to gain money for themselves. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act forced the colonists to supply the British soldiers with food and shelter no matter what. This obviously angered the colonists because they were barely surviving so having to take care of another person could make them broke. The British Government benefited from this because they get to control the amount of money and resources that the colonies got. -
The Townsend Acts
The Townsend Acts placed even more taxes on the colonists, the imports that were newly taxed were tea, glass, paint, lead, and paper. Once again this angered the colonists because all of these imports are important for big industries so their products slowed down. The British Government benefited off of this because they were getting more money as well as suppressed the colonists.